Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
No, the Soviet Union USSR (Russia) astronaut Yuri Gregarin (sp?) was the first human to orbit earth in space. The first American in space was Alan Sheperd.
The first American spacecraft which orbited the earth was called The Mercury Friendship 7, and the astronaut was a famous person his name was John Glenn, he was a senator for many years later.
The duration of First Orbit is 1.75 hours.
The earth moves most rapidly in its orbit around the sun at perihelion, when it is closest to the sun. That occurs some time during the first few days of January.
Colonel Guion Bluford was the first black astronaut to orbit the earth; this occurred in 1983. The first black female astronaut was Dr. Mae Jemison, in 1992.
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was the first human to orbit the Earth.
The first human to have orbited the earth was Yuri Gagarin.
The Russian put the first man in earth orbit, he was Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the Earth in 1962; that helped further the "space race."
Yuri Gagarin was a Russian Cosmonaut and the first human in space, as well as the first human to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin i think? Yes: Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961.
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961, was the first person to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
The Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to orbit the Earth in an artificial satellite on April 12, 1961.