The first female in space was Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва) - June 16-19th, 1963, aboard the Russian / Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft.
The first woman to perform a spacewalk was Svetlana Savitskaya, a Soviet cosmonaut who accomplished this milestone on July 25, 1984.
I wouldn't trade my dad for a cosmonaut! I'm pretty sure that it was a cosmonaut that was the first to orbit the Earth.
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, and he was a Soviet cosmonaut.
The first cosmonaut to walk in space was Alexei Leonov, a Russian Soviet cosmonaut. He made history on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission by becoming the first person to conduct a spacewalk.
The cosmonaut traveled to the International Space Station for a research mission.
The first man in space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
It was a male, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12,1961. The first woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, went on June 16th,1963.
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She spent three days in space in June 1963
The first Russian woman to travel in space is Valentina Tereshkova. At the same time, she became the first ever woman to enter space. Links are provided to relevant Wikipedia articles.
Uri Gagarin
The first woman to perform a spacewalk was Svetlana Savitskaya, a Soviet cosmonaut who accomplished this milestone on July 25, 1984.
I wouldn't trade my dad for a cosmonaut! I'm pretty sure that it was a cosmonaut that was the first to orbit the Earth.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961.
The first female cosmonaut was Valentina Tereshkova.
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, and he was a Soviet cosmonaut.
The first woman in space was Soviet (Russian) cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on June 16, 1963.The first female US astronaut in space was Sally Kristen Ride in 1983. The first African-American female astronaut was Mae Jemison, and the first Hispanic female astronaut was Ellen Ochoa.The first woman in space was a Cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova (1963).The first woman Astronaut in space was Sally Ride in 1983.Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She flew on the Vostok 6 mission which was launched on June 16, 1963. (Rendezvoused but did not link with Vostok 5 craft already orbiting.)Sally Ride was the first American and third woman in space. She flew on the Shuttle Challenger STS-7 mission from June 18-June 24, 1983.
The first cosmonaut to walk in space was Alexei Leonov, a Russian Soviet cosmonaut. He made history on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission by becoming the first person to conduct a spacewalk.