First in Space - Important General Knowledge

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