So far (July 2012) there are over 50 female astronauts. The first was Valentina Tereshkova of Russia, in 1963.
Valentina Tereshkova became the first female to go to space and orbit the globe on the 14th of June 1963.
The first woman cosmonaut was Valentina Tereshkova, from the then-Soviet Union (today Russia), in 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride, in 1983.
Valentina Terishkova
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
this answer is from the google searching by charry escabas valentina tereshkova a russian cosmonaut was the first woman in space when she flew the vostok6 sovietspace vehicle in 48 orbits of the earth from june 16,1963 to june 18
Sputnik, the first rocket into space many things to do with space: they got the first person into space the first satellite to launch into space the first orbit around the earth the first living being into space the first woman into space etc.
The first man-made object to successfully accomplish insertion into earth orbit was Sputnik-1,launched by the USSR in October, 1957.
Lilith was the first woman on earth but she was disobedient to Adam so god made eve out of Adam's rib so she would be obedient
She accomplished being the first and youngest woman to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
Many think that some bacteria may have been the first to orbit the Earth.
the first female hispanic astronaut to orbit earth was Ellen Lauri Ochoa
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
this answer is from the google searching by charry escabas valentina tereshkova a russian cosmonaut was the first woman in space when she flew the vostok6 sovietspace vehicle in 48 orbits of the earth from june 16,1963 to june 18