First Humans in Space

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First in Space - Human Beings/Animals

Event Name of the Person Vehicle
Date
First animal in spaceLaika, the dogSputnik-2
03 Nov 1957
First primate in spaceAlbert II, a rhesus monkeyV-2
14 Jun 1949
First man in spaceMaj Yuri GagarinVostok 1
12 Apr 1961
First woman in spaceValentina TereshkovaVostok 6
16 Jun 1963
First person to walk in spaceAlexei LeonovVoskhod 2
18 Mar 1965
First woman to walk in spaceSvetlana SavitskayaSalyut 7
25 Jul 1984
First American in spaceAllan ShepardMR-3 (Freedom 7)
05 May 1961
First American to orbit the earthJohn GlennFriendship 7
20 Feb 1962
First man on moonNeil ArmstrongApollo 11
20 Jul 1969
First Indian in spaceSqn Ldr Rakesh SharmaSoyuz T-11
02 Apr 1984
First US woman in spaceSally RideSTS-7 (Challenger)
18 Jun 1983
First space touristDennis TitoSoyuz TM32/31
28 Apr 2001
First woman space touristAnousheh AnsariSoyuz TMA9
18 Sep 2006
First Indian (American) Woman in spaceKalpana ChawlaSpaceship Columbia
19 Nov 1997
First Chinese in spaceLt Col Yang LiweiShenzou V
15 Oct 2003
First Chinese woman in spaceLiu YangShenzou 9
16 Jun 2012
First female commander of a space shuttleEileen CollinsDiscovery
03 Feb 1995
First female commander of International Space StationPeggy Whitson
-		October 2007

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