In 1961, Soviet Cosmonaut (astronaut) Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space when he made a single orbit around the earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.
Animals were the first living thing in space.
April 12, 1961 when a Russian, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to get into space.
That was Sputnik
Humans first entered space on April 12th, 1961 when Russian cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin was launched into a single orbit around the Earth. The first American--Alan B. Shepard--followed 3 weeks later on May 5th with a 15-minute suborbital mission.
India is not expected to send humans into space until 2015. For more information, see the related link below.
Animals were the first living thing in space.
April 12, 1961 when a Russian, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to get into space.
That was Sputnik
The moment humans first looked up at the night sky.
Mercury was the name of the first American Space program started by NASA. The goals were to see if humans can go to space and function normaly.
Sputnik 2 was the first time humans sent a living being into space, a dog named Laika.
Everything that you can think of about space (that is factual) is what humans know about space. Humans are the only reason we know space contains planets, stars, and moons.
The first manned crew to spend Christmas in space was during the Apollo 8 mission. They were the first humans to see the dark side of the moon.
The first animals were launched into space to see if it would be possible for them to survive in space at all. Once that was settled and humans went into space, there was no longer a need for space pets.
I believe the monkey was the first animal to go to space, even before humans. People wanted to test if it was safe so they sent a monkey out.
Apollo 11, July 20, 1969
1961, with Yuri Gagarin (USSR) on Vostok 1