The First Terrans in Space
"Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlin's. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlin's. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
1961 first Russian, Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1
1961 first American, Alan Shepard, Freedom
1963 first civilian, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6
1963 first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6
1965 first second trip, Gus Grissom, Gemini 3
1978 first non-Russian cosmonaut, Vladimir Remek
1978 first Czech, Vladimir Remek
1978 first Pole, Miroslaw Hermaszewski
1978 first E. German, Claudie Andre-Deshays, Soyuz
1980 first Cuban, Arnaldo Mendez, Salyut 6
1980 first Hungarian Bertalan Farkas, Salyut 7
1980 first Asian, Pham Tuan of Vietnam, Salyut 6
1981 first Romanian, Dumitru Prunariu, Salyut 6
1981 first Mongolian, Jugderdemidiyn Gurragch, Salyut 6
1982 first Frenchman, Jean-Lup Chretian, Salyut 7
1982 first westerner in Soviet space flight, Jean-Lup Chretien
(French), Salyut 7
1982 first country with both a cosmonaut and astronaut, France:
Patrick Baundry, Discovery; Jean-Lup Chretien. Salyut 7
1983 youngest person, Sally Ride, Challenger
1983 first American woman, Sally Ride, Challenger
1983 first W. German, Ulf Merbold, Columbia
1983 first non American on US flight, Ulf Merbold, Columbia
1983 first African American man, Guion Bluford Jr, Challenger
1983 first Asian American man, Ellison Onizuka, Challenger
1984 first oceanographer, Paul Scully-Power. Challenger
1984 first Indian, Rakesh Sharma, Salyut 7
1984 first yoga done, Rakesh Sharma, Salyut 7
1984 first Canadian man, Marc Garneau, Challenger
1985 first Dutchman, Lodewijk van den Berg, Challenger
1985 first Mexican, Rodolfo Neri, Atlantis
1986 first civilian American, Christa McAuliffe, Challenger
1987 first Arab, Prince Sultan Salman Abdel Aziz Al-Saud, Saudia
Arabia, Discovery
1988 first Bulgarian, Georgi Ivanov, Salyut 6
1992 first African American woman, Mae Johnson, Endeavor
1995 first American woman spacepilot, Eileen Collins, Discovery
1993 first Hispanic woman, Ellen Ochoa, Discovery
1991 first Canadian woman, Roberta Bondar, Atlantis
1991 first Briton, Helen Sharman, shuttle to MIR
1996 first Australian, Andy Thomas, Endeavour
2003 first Chinese man, Chia Yang Liwei, Shenzhov
2002 first African, Mark Shuttleworth, Soyuz to ISS
2002 first Moroccan, Phillippe Perrin, Soyuz to ISS
1961 first American, Alan Shepard, Freedom
1963 first civilian, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6
1963 first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6
1965 first second trip, Gus Grissom, Gemini 3
1978 first non-Russian cosmonaut, Vladimir Remek
1978 first Czech, Vladimir Remek
1978 first Pole, Miroslaw Hermaszewski
1978 first E. German, Claudie Andre-Deshays, Soyuz
1980 first Cuban, Arnaldo Mendez, Salyut 6
1980 first Hungarian Bertalan Farkas, Salyut 7
1980 first Asian, Pham Tuan of Vietnam, Salyut 6
1981 first Romanian, Dumitru Prunariu, Salyut 6
1981 first Mongolian, Jugderdemidiyn Gurragch, Salyut 6
1982 first Frenchman, Jean-Lup Chretian, Salyut 7
1982 first westerner in Soviet space flight, Jean-Lup Chretien
(French), Salyut 7
1982 first country with both a cosmonaut and astronaut, France:
Patrick Baundry, Discovery; Jean-Lup Chretien. Salyut 7
1983 youngest person, Sally Ride, Challenger
1983 first American woman, Sally Ride, Challenger
1983 first W. German, Ulf Merbold, Columbia
1983 first non American on US flight, Ulf Merbold, Columbia
1983 first African American man, Guion Bluford Jr, Challenger
1983 first Asian American man, Ellison Onizuka, Challenger
1984 first oceanographer, Paul Scully-Power. Challenger
1984 first Indian, Rakesh Sharma, Salyut 7
1984 first yoga done, Rakesh Sharma, Salyut 7
1984 first Canadian man, Marc Garneau, Challenger
1985 first Dutchman, Lodewijk van den Berg, Challenger
1985 first Mexican, Rodolfo Neri, Atlantis
1986 first civilian American, Christa McAuliffe, Challenger
1987 first Arab, Prince Sultan Salman Abdel Aziz Al-Saud, Saudia
Arabia, Discovery
1988 first Bulgarian, Georgi Ivanov, Salyut 6
1992 first African American woman, Mae Johnson, Endeavor
1995 first American woman spacepilot, Eileen Collins, Discovery
1993 first Hispanic woman, Ellen Ochoa, Discovery
1991 first Canadian woman, Roberta Bondar, Atlantis
1991 first Briton, Helen Sharman, shuttle to MIR
1996 first Australian, Andy Thomas, Endeavour
2003 first Chinese man, Chia Yang Liwei, Shenzhov
2002 first African, Mark Shuttleworth, Soyuz to ISS
2002 first Moroccan, Phillippe Perrin, Soyuz to ISS
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