Article Detail Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia Similar Questions : 1. Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan 2. Who won first Nobel prize for physics ? Answer: W.K. Roentgen (Germany) 3. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis 4. Who was first woman president of a country ? Answer: Maria Estela Peron of Argentina 5. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington 6. Name of the first Country to print books ? Answer: China 7. Name of the First Religion of World ? Answer: Sanatan Dharma Read more from - First in World