Yuri Gagarin is the first person to fly in space.
The first person to fly in space was Yiri Gagarin a Russian.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space.
What was the first space probe to fly past the moon?
No, Rakesh Sharma was the first person from India to fly into space. He did not go to the Moon.
The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok VI in 1983.
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Tereshkova flew out on June 16, 1963---the first woman to fly in space.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.