World Space Week: Which countries have sent people to space?

Sixty-nine years ago this day, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth, opening the Space Age and setting off a race with the United States. Ten years later, on October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3President Donald Trump signs order creating US Space Academylist 2 of 3What are ‘space weapons’, which US says it has deployed into orbit?list 3 of 3SpaceX’s showpiece Starship rocket re