Good answers here by Abhishek Ghosh and Quora User. On January 28, 1986, the world watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all seven of its crew. On February 5, 1971, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.
Capital: Sofia Population: 6,981,642 GDP per capita: $14,200 Date of first manned mission: April 10, 1979. They're correct, but there are some things to expound upon.
The first rocket to go into space was created by a team of German scientists, led by Wernher von Braun. India is now the first country to reach Mars on its first attempt. It was a V-2 rocket used by Germany in World War II. Von Braun and many important members of his team had surrendered to the United States. Next Bulgaria. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, … It is notable that Mangalyaan achieved something for India that no other country has yet achieved. It marks their first off-world presence. Asgardia, the world's first "space nation," just launched the nanosat Asgardia-1 into space. First Countries to Send a Person to Space Previous. The first satellite in space was Russia's Sputnik satellite, carried by an R-7 rocket.