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April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment.
Yes, this dog was Laika - a simple street dog. The first man in space was a Russian named Yuri Gagarin.   Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957.  The Soviet Union (USSR, Russia) was the first country to launch a dog into orbit. The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.