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The first space mission to space was made by the USSR. The name of the mission was Vostok-1, on the craft Kedr (cedar in English), on April 12, 1961, piloted by Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

If you are wondering about the first American mission to space, it was Mercury-3. The ship was called Freedom 7, it was launched on May 5, 1961, piloted by Alan B. Shepard Jr.

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