First in the World

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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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