A list of selected first in space is given below, in which fully information of Human Beings, Animals is given. If you are preparing such exams in which General Knowledge is main, then study the first in Space study materials. For better reading it easily, Print it.
First in Space - Human Beings/Animals
03 November, 1957 | First animal in space | Laika, the dog | Sputnik-2 |
12 April, 1961 | First man in space | Maj Yuri Gagarin | Vostok 1 |
16 June, 1963 | First woman in space | Valentina Tereshkova | Vostok 6 |
18 March, 1965 | First person to walk in space | Alexei Leonov | Voskhod 2 |
25 July, 1984 | First woman to walk in space | Svetlana Savitskaya | Salyut 7 |
05 May, 1961 | First American in space | Allan Shepard | MR-3 (Freedom 7) |
20 July, 1969 | First man on moon | Neil Armstrong | Apollo 11 |
02 April, 1984 | First Indian in space | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma | Soyuz T-11 |
18 June, 1983 | First US woman in space | Sally Ride | STS-7 (Challenger) |
28 April, 2001 | First space tourist | Dennis Tito | Soyuz TM32/31 |
18 September, 2006 | First woman space tourist | Anousheh Ansari | Soyuz TMA9 |
19 November, 1997 | First Indian (American) Woman in space | Kalpana Chawla | Spaceship Columbia |
15 October, 2003 | First Chinese in space | Lt Col Yang Liwei | Shenzou V |
16 June, 2012 | First Chinese woman in space | Liu Yang | Shenzou 9 |