The first Iowan in space was Peggy Whitson.
The first creature to go to outer space was a dog named Laika.
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.
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The first black person to travel to outer space was Guion Bluford, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983.
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Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
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The first woman to go to outer space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Vostok 6 mission on June 16, 1963. She became the first and youngest woman to travel to space at the age of 26.