Multiple choice general knowledge history

Which country did the first human in space come from?

  1. America

  2. Russia

  3. England

  4. China
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space on April 12, 1961, and he was from the Soviet Union (Russia). The United States (America) sent the first humans to the Moon but not the first to space. England and China achieved human spaceflight much later - England's Tim Peake flew in 2015, and China's first taikonaut was Yang Liwei in 2003.

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