In the late 1950s the Soviet Union appeared to be winning the Space Race. They launched the first earth satellite and put the first human, Yuri Gagarin, in space.
The space race was part of the cold war with the soviet union.
The Soviet Union
When the Soviet Union entered the Space Race with the United States, they launched their first satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
The Former Soviet Union, Also known as The USSR ( Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ) Now known as The Russian Federation.
The Soviet Union was the first country to reach space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
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.
the Soviet Union
Soviet Union(Russia now)
The Soviet Union (USSR)
The Soviet Union.
The first technology launched in the space was the Soviet Union's Sputnik I. The space technology was launched on October 4, 1957.
The first woman into space was Valentina .V. Tereshkova. She was a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union.
The first space craft was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
The Soviet Union (now Russia) was the first country to successfully launch a spacecraft, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
The Soviet Union with Salyut 1, which went into orbit on April 19th, 1971.