Article Detail Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia Similar Questions : 1. Who was First man to reach North Pole ? Answer: Robert Peary 2. Who was first European Invader of Indian Soil ? Answer: Alexander 3. Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China 4. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) 5. Who was the first person to win the Nobel prize for Peace ? Answer: Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland)and Frederic Peiry (France) 6. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington 7. Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia Read more from - First in World