The first known successful human spaceflight was Vostok 1("East 1"), carrying 27 year old Russian cosmonaut The first known successful human spaceflight was Vostok 1 ("East 1"), carrying 27 year old Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.
No Russia was, but we America was first to get on the moon.
The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a human into space. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961.
Space Exploration did not begin in the US. The first country to successfully launch a human into outer space was the Soviet Union.
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite
The first creature to go to outer space was a dog named Laika.
The first Iowan in space was Peggy Whitson.
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
The first space shuttle sent into outer space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission.
Outer space was not discovered by a single person, as it has always existed. However, the first human to travel to outer space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, who orbited Earth in 1961.
America's first satellite launched into outer space was called the Explorer 1, and was launched in 1958.
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.