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First artificial Earth satelite
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. -
First animal launched into space
On 3 November 1957, the second-ever orbiting spacecraft carried the first animal into orbit, the dog Laika -
first pictures of the far side of the Moon.
In October of 1959, the Luna 3 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Luna 3 was the third spacecraft to reach the Moon and the first to send back pictures of the Moon's far side. -
First spaceship to land on another celestial object (The Moon)
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. -
first person to orbit the Earth
April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first person in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. April 13, 2020 -
First woman into space
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963 -
First Spacewalk
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk -
First person to land on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He was an astronaut who flew on two space missions.