The United States of America was the first country to launch a man into space.

The statement is false because the Soviet Union was the first country to launch a man into space. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. This historic achievement gave the Soviet Union a significant advantage in the space race between the two superpowers during the Cold War. The United States later caught up and successfully landed the first human on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.