Human Spaceflight

First human in Space - Yuri Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

First American in Space - Alan Shepherd

May 5, 1961

First orbital flight

Feb 20, 1962

Valentina Tereshkova - First Woman in Space

Jun 16, 1963

First spacewalk

Mar 8, 1965

Moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

First Space Station - Salyut 1 - launched

Apr 19, 1971

Space shuttle launched

Apr 12, 1981

Rakesh Sharma - First Indian in Space

Apr 3, 1984

First component of the ISS launched

Nov 20, 1998

First privately funded spaceflight - SpaceShipOne

Jun 21, 2004