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First in Space

First in Space
  • The First space rocket brought back to earth after orbiting the moon : Zond-5
  • First crew transfer between the orbiting space ships : Soyuz T-15 with Mir Space Station
  • The First mission of a link-up in space by manned space ships of USA and Soviet Union : Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Mission (ASTP) (launched on July 15 and linked up in space on July 17, 1975)
  • The First man to fly into space belonging to a country other than Russia or the USA : Remek (Czechoslovakia)
  • The First country to send nuclear powered space craft to explore Jupiter : USA
  • The First to launch earth satellite or articicial baby moon : USSR
  • The First spaceship in the world to sample moon’s crust : Surveyor-3 (USA)
  • The First space vehicle to softland on moon : Luna 9 (USSR)
  • The First manned spaceship to perform the longest stay in space (11 days) : Apollo-7 (USA)
  • The First person in the world to land on the moon : Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin
  • The First man to enter space : Major Yuri Gagarin (Russian)
  • The First woman cosmonaut of the world : Velentina Tereshkova
  • The First unmanned spaceship to have softlanded and lifted off from the moon to return of the earth : Luna-16 (USSR) Sept. 21, 1970
  • The First space vehicle to land on the moon : Lunar Exploration Module (LEH) niek-named ‘Eagle’
  • The First space ship which carried three American astronauts to land two of them on the moon : Apollo-11
  • The First country to send man to the moon : USA
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