Which is the first spacecraft that went to space?
V-4 (3 October 1942). The 4th test rocket of the German V-2 test launches was the first rocket to reach space. 1) “The first steps into space were taken by German scientists during World War II while testing the V2 rocket which became the first human-made object in space. After the war, the Allies used German scientists and their captured rockets in programs for both military and civilian research. The first scientific exploration from space was the cosmic radiation experiment launched by the U.S. on a V2 rocket on May 10, 1946. The first images of Earth taken from space followed the same year while the first animal experiment saw fruit flies lifted into space in 1947, both also on V2s launched by Americans and their German advisors. These suborbital experiments only allowed a very short time in space which limited their usefulness. – First orbital flights: The first successful orbital launch was of the Soviet unmanned Sputnik (“Satellite I”) mission on October 4, 1957. The satellite w
