First in The World

First in the World

Field Person The First person to land on the moon Neil A. Amstrong (U.S.A) The First to launch search Satellite or "artificial moon" U.S.S.R. The first man to enter space Late Maj. Yuri Gagarin (USSR) The first woman cosmonaut in the world Valentina Tereshkova The first Woman Astronant pilot Lt.Col.Eileen Marie Collin (US) The first person to float in space Alexei Leonav (Russia) The first American astronaut (2nd in world) to floatin space Edward White The first Russian cosmonaut to make two space flights Late Col. Vladimir Komarov The first American astronaut to make two space flights Gordon Cooper (U.S.A.) The first manned space ship longest stay in space for 11 days Apollo - 7 (U.S.A.) The first manned spaceship to space flight round the moon Apollo - 8 (U.S.A.) The first space craft to leave solar system Pioneer - II (U.S.A.) The first country to launch a cosmic space rocket towards moon U.S.S.R. First crew transfer between orbiting space ships Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 (U.S.S.R.) The first man to stay long in space Valery Ryumin The first space shuttle Columbia (U.S.A.) The first woman to command a space shuttle mission (Columbia) Eileen Collins (U.S.A.) The first tourist to space Dennis Tito (U.S.A.)

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