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.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
The first person in space was sent by the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space on April 12, 1961.
The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
The Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova
She was the docter of N.A.S.A.She was also the first black women to be sent to space
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite
Russia
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
The first women to go into space is Ellen Ochoa
Velentina Tereshkova was the first women in space in 1963.
the first thing is go to space is satellite
The first cat that sent to the space was Felicette