Sputnik was the first successful launch.
Sputnik
No, Apollo 11 was not the first rocket to launch into space. The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Apollo 11 was the mission that landed the first humans on the moon in 1969.
Before Sputnik, America was in a "battle" with Russia on space flight. America wanted to be the first in space, on the moon, and have the first satellite orbit the Earth. - When Sputnik (Russian Satellite) went into space, tension was created by which we had lost part of the Space Race. It put Russia ahead of America in the Space Race.
The first dog to travel to space aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957, was named Laika. She was a Soviet space dog and became the first living creature to orbit Earth. Tragically, Laika did not survive the mission.
First went into space in 1966 in Gemini 8 and again in 1969 in Apollo 11. He was the first man to set foot on the moon
The first dog in space was named Laika (nicknamed Mutnik). She was sent in to space on Sputnik 2. Laika was the first living thing to visit space. Sputnik 2 went into space on the 3rd November 1957. It was launched by the Soviet Union. Sadly, Laika didn't make it back alive.
Apollo 11 went into space in 1969.
The first living creature to orbit the Earth was Laika, a Soviet space dog, who flew aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957.
Sputnik, USSR, 57.
The Soviet Union (now Russia) was the first country to successfully launch a spacecraft, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
Many ships have gone into space. Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth in 1957. You will need to be more specific if you mean a particular date.
The first animal to go to space was a dog named Laika, launched by the Soviet Union aboard the spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.