No, he was the first American to walk in space, Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov was the first person to walk in space.
The First American to perform a space walk was Ed White.
Joshua Torres was the first man to make the first space walk
Joshua Torres was the first man to make the first space walk
Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to do a space walk.
The first American to walk in space was edward. H. White.
Edward White was the first person in project Gemini to walk in space.
Alexei Leonov, a Russian cosmonaut, made the first space walk on March 18 1965
While it is technically impossible to "walk" in space, the Russians (U.S.S.R at the time) were the first one's to go to space, and the American's were the first to walk on the moon.
Alexey Leonov
i think 10 Canadians went to space and 16 missions where done.
The first male is Marc Garneau.The first female is Roberta Bondar.They are the first male and female that went to NASA!