Space



First Indian in space
Rakesh Sharma aboard Salyut 7 (1984)

First American in space
Alan B Shepherd (1961)

First human to walk in the Moon
Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 (1969)

First human to walk in space
Alexei Arkhovich lenov (1965)

First American to walk in space
Edward Higgins White, Jr. (1965)

First commercial communications satellite
Early Bird, built for the communications satellite corporation (COMSAT) (1965)

First satellite designed to transmit television and high speed data communications
Telstar(1962)

First communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit
Syncom (1963)

First woman in space
Velentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut, aboard Vostok – 6 (1963)

American woman in space
Dr. Sally K. Ride, space shuttle challenger (1983)