Article Detail Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia Similar Questions : 1. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 2. Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan 3. Who was first female Space Tourist ? Answer: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari in 2004 4. Who was first woman to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Junko Tabei (Japan) 5. Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) 6. Who was First man to reach South Pole ? Answer: Ronald Amundsen 7. Name of the First Religion of World ? Answer: Sanatan Dharma Read more from - First in World