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The program was the first program to put humans into space, with Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1. [79] Gherman Titov became the first person to stay in orbit for a full day on August 7, 1961, aboard the Vostok 2 . [ 80 ]
Vladimir Dzhanibekov, first launched 16 March 1978, was the first Uzbek-born man in space. At the time, Uzbekistan was a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Paul D. Scully-Power, first launched 5 October 1984, was born in Australia, but was an American citizen when he went into space; Australian law at the time forbade dual ...
The most recent person and first geologist to have arrived on the Moon Vladimír Remek, 88th person in space and the first from a country other than the US or the Soviet Union Sigmund Jähn, 91st person in space and the first German Georgi Ivanov, 93rd person in space and the first Bulgarian Phạm Tuân, 97th person in space, and the first ...
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova) First civilian in space Vostok 6: 1963 June 19 USSR First Mars flyby, although contact was lost Mars 1: 1963 July 19 USA First reusable piloted spacecraft First spaceplane (suborbital) X-15 Flight 90: 1963 July 26 USA First geosynchronous satellite: Syncom 2: 1964 August 19 USA First geostationary ...
First words spoken from another world. USA (NASA) Apollo 11 [23] 21 July 1969 First space launch from another celestial body. First sample return from another celestial body. USA (NASA) Apollo 11 [23] 19 November 1969: First rendezvous on the surface of a celestial body. First meet up between human explorers and a robotic spacecraft in space ...
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.
The United Kingdom became a space power independently following a single payload insertion into orbit from Australia. Ten countries and one inter-governmental organisation ( ESA ) have a proven orbital launch capability, as of November 2021 [update] .
The first thing Slayton said was, "The guys who are going to fly the first lunar missions are the guys in this room." [99] According to Cernan, only Armstrong showed no reaction to the statement. To Armstrong it came as no surprise—the room was full of veterans of Project Gemini, the only people who could fly the lunar missions.