Depends on your definition of space. Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR in 1957, was the first artificial object to orbit the Earth.
However, the first rocket to reach space was actually the German A-4, progenitor of the V-2 missile. The A-4, first tested in 1942, could reach 128 miles above sea level, well above international or American standards for space flight (100 kilometers and 50 miles, respectively).
The Soviet Union
The first rockets were used to create colorful and breathtaking displays in the sky,visible by large numbers of people.They were developed in China several Centuries ago, and are still in use. We call them "fireworks".
Sputnik, the first rocket into space many things to do with space: they got the first person into space the first satellite to launch into space the first orbit around the earth the first living being into space the first woman into space etc.
The first Russian rocket launched into space was Sputnik on October 4, 1957. This began the space race between Russia and the United States. This caused a panic in the United States and the government called for a review of public education. Parts of Sputnik IV landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on 8th street, leading to concerns about space accidents.
The Russians launched the first successful satellite. The leader of the project was lead by Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov as head Soviet rocket engineer.
The name of the first satellite was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The Russians put the first satellite into orbit named sputnik.
A person who goes into space is called an astronaut by the US and a Cosmonaut by the Russians.
u mean Sputnik and no its the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit and was launched by the Russians on October 4 1957.
Russians
Sputnik-1 was the first satellite in space made by the Russians, it was launched 4th October 1957.
In 1969, the first rocket went to the moon. The name of the rocket that propelled them into space was the Saturn V rocket.
1957 by the russians
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He was the first dog launched into space by the Russians.
A. Russians
Goddard did not create a rocket that went into space. He created the first liquid fuel rocket which was which lead to space rockets and for this is known as the father of modern rocketry. The first rocket to reach space was the V2 rocket made by the Germans during World War 2 as a weapon to deliver bombs.