The term 'Circled the Earth' can be summarized by the word 'ORBITED'. Orbiting is the process of an object or spacecraft traveling around a celestial body, such as a planet or moon. This is often done in a regular, predictable pattern. The first human-made object to orbit the Earth was the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957. Since then, many other satellites and spacecraft have ORBITED the Earth, including the International Space Station.