Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
Neil Armstrong and some other people. Also Russia were the first people that sent something up to space because they sent a dog but that dog died when it came up to space.
The first astronaut sent into space was Yuri Gagarin, who was from the Soviet Union. He launched aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961, completing one orbit around Earth. This historic flight marked a significant milestone in the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Gagarin's achievement made him an international hero and a symbol of Soviet space exploration.
The Peace Corps is a United States volunteer program intending to aid in developmental projects and infrastructure establishment in foreign countries. It was established on March 1, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.
during Kennedy and LBJ the space program bloomed because of the arms race between the U.S and the soviet Union. Russia sent sputnik successfully and the U.S was determined to get ahead of Russia.
YALL all idiots its mercury.
Project Mercury sent the first 6 Americans into space. They were all solo flights.
Mercury.
The United States did not stop sending people into space after the Apollo program was cancelled. People were sent into space using the then new Space Shuttle program, which was cancelled in 2011. Now Americans are sent to space using commercial spaceflight from companies like SpaceX, VentureStar, and Ad Astra.
The space program that first sent two people into orbit was the Soviet Union's Vostok program. On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 mission successfully launched cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space, and she orbited the Earth solo. The mission marked a significant milestone in human spaceflight, showcasing the capabilities of the Soviet space program.
The United States was in the Space Race with Russia. Russia sent its first man in space first, but the United States retaliated and sent Neil Armstrong to the moon, making him the first man on the moon.
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
N.a.s.A sent the Apollo spacecrafts in space.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
No. He made the rockets that sent Americans to space
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.