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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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∙ 15y agoThe first rocket to reach space was the German V-2 Rocket, on a test flight in June, 1944. Fruit flies launched by the US on capturedV-2 rockets in 1946 became the first reported animals sent into space. . On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, which became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The first animal sent into orbit, was the dog Laika on Sputnik 2 in 1957 The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
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∙ 8y agoi don't know the answer sorry this program is not good it does not have the right answers don't use it!
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∙ 13y agoOn May 5, 1961, Alan Shepherd became the first American in space, piloting the Freedom 7 on the Mercury-Redstone 3mission, part of the Mercury program.
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Who is the first man feet in moon man feet in the moon?
The first man on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He was sent to the Moon because the Russians had already sent a man into space and America wanted to beat them so they sent a manned mission to the Moon.
Will you ever reach the planet Saturn?
No. We have sent space probes to Saturn, but a manned mission is not possible with today's technology and likely will not be possible within the lifetime of anyone alive today.
What probes have been sent to mercury?
The space probe Mariner 10 has been sent to Mercury. Currently the unmanned space probe MESSANGER is photographing and studying Mercury.
What was sent to look at the planet mercury?
The Mariner10 space probe and the Mercury Messenger space probe.
What sent the viking 1 into space?
To orbit the planet Venus
Who was the first women in space and when did she sent?
The first woman in space was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. She was on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7 in 1983.
The date for the first dual mission in space?
The first dual mission in space started in 1963, space craft: Vostock 5-6 sent by the USSR
How many missions was Columbia sent on?
Columbia was on its 28th mission when it disintegrated during re-entry in 2003. Its first mission was the first by a space shuttle into space.
What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
When was the first apollo mission sent into space?
Apollo 1 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program, launched in February 21, 1967. It never reached space.The first Apollo mission to actually reach space was the Apollo 7 mission.
What space program sent the first American to space?
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.
What was the name of the first American satellite sent into space?
Explorer 1
Astronaut Shepard who in 1961 was the first American sent into space?
Well the first american in space was alan sheaperd, john glenn was first to orbit earth tho.
First woman sent to outer space and her mission?
valentina tereskhova,a russian.and the spacecraft is vostok 6
What are the different space probes and their mission?
A space probe is an unmanned spacecraft sent into space.
What was the last space mission that sent people into space?
Shuttle STS 127
What was the name of the first rocket the US sent up into space?
The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.
