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As far as is publicly known, a total of twelve (12) human beings have walked on

the moon so far, and they have all been male Americans. No woman has been to

the moon's surface or in lunar orbit yet.

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Valentina Tereshkova.

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In which month was the first woman sent into space?

June.


Who was the first women in space and when did she sent?

The first woman in space was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. She was on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7 in 1983.


First woman sent to outer space and her mission?

valentina tereskhova,a russian.and the spacecraft is vostok 6


Which country sent woman to space?

China


Which country sent the first human to space?

The first person to travel in space was Yuri Gagarin sent by Russia / the Soviet Union.


Which country sent up the first animal in the space?

The USSR sent the first animals into space.


What was the first animal sent into space and what country sent it?

Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union


Who was the first lady in space?

RussiaRussian (Soviet). The Russian sent a woman into space in the 1960's. The USA was planning to send a woman into space in the 1960's, but, did not do so, because President LBJ ordered NASA not to. The USA would not send a woman into space until the 1980's.


What was the first Canadian space shuttle sent to space?

Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.


What are the accomplishments of Sally Ride?

Sally Ride made history in 1983, when she was the first American woman in space. After NASA, Sally Ride became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego, as well as a professor of physics at the school in 1989. Sally Ride is not only the first American woman in space but she is also the youngest person to ever be sent into orbit.


What was the first thing ever sent into outer space?

The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite


Who sent the first space probe into space?

Russia