Who was the first man to do a complete orbit of the earth.?

Answer 1

Bill Clinton when he inhaled and also enjoyed it....1960 something.

Answer 2

Well done Keith P - beat me to it.

I wonder if the conspiracy lovers doubt this one as well? Well why not? The Russians back in 1961 proved that you could fire a man up into orbit and bring him down safely.

Basically that's all that was required for moon shots - except you have to do the take-off and landings twice, and there is no "soft" oceans on the Moon to land in. However, the moon with one-sixth the gravity does make some of the job easier.

So, why do those idiot conspiracy buffs doubt the moon landings?

The reason it hasn't been done since the 1970s is pure financial. What money has gone into space has been for space station and planetary probes. No country has the financial means to do it all, not without waving goodbye to a lot of money that is channeled into essentials for keeping us happy here on Earth.

PS - I think you'll find that Glenn did not orbit - just went to space and back.

Answer 3

Yuri Gagarin is the right answer. Just to correct another, John Glenn did three orbits in 1962. The previous two U.S. flights were sub-orbital.

Answer 4

Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961

Answer 5

Yuri Gagarin.

Answer 6

Neil Armstrong

Answer 7

Yuri Gagarin, 1961 (Russian) aboard "Vostok 1"
John Glenn, 1962 (American) aboard "Friendship 7"

Answer 8

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Answer 9

URIE GARIN