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Yuri Gagarin

eventcountrydatenamephrase
the world 1st satelliteUSSR4th October 1957"Sputnik"bip-bip-bip
the world 1st cosmonaut (astronaut)USSR12th April 1961Gagarin, "Vostok"Go on!
the world 1st man into open spaceUSSR18th March 1965Leonov, "Voshod-2"I'm Almaz-1. The man is into cosmic space.
the world 1st link-upUSA16th March 1966Armstrong and Scott, "Gemini-8"
the world 1st man at MoonUSA21st July 1969Armstrong, "Apollo-11"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
the world 1st orbital stationUSSR24th April 1971"Soyuz-10"
the world 1st shuttleUSA12th April 1981Young and Crippen, "Columbia"
Lunokhod-1 Soviet vehicle remote controlled from Earth
The "Lunokhod-1" was the Soviet vehicle remote controlled from Earth. It arrived to Moon in 1970 and acted there during 11 months instead of 3 months planned.

Lunokhod-2 , USSR


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