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Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union. On April 12, 1961, he became the first human being to travel into space. His spacecraft was called "Vostok I" and it completed a single orbit of the earth in 1 hour and 48 minutes. The United States launched the second man into space a month later. Alan Shepard flew a suborbital flight on May 5, 1961, reaching an altitude of 115 miles during the 15-minute flight.
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What country was the first to put man into orbit?
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to put a man into orbit. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
What country sent the first man in space?
The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
Which country was the first to orbit the Earth?
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
What country first sent a man to space and brought him back safe?
RUSSIA
Which country sent the first man to space between gemany and RUSSIA?
Russia
What country did the first person in space come from?
Russia to put a man in orbit US to put on the moon
What country sent to first man in to space and back?
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
What was the first country to bring a man back from the moon?
The U.S. is the only country to have sent men to the moon, therefore they are the only country to have brought men back from it as well.
Was American or Soviets the first to orbit the Earth?
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Which country put the first man into space to orbit the earth?
The USSR (Russia). Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
Who was the first Soviet man to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
What was the first man made space satellite called?
Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.
