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First artificial satellite
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite and it was launched by USSR -
First mammal in orbit
The first mammal in orbit was Laika, a USSR dog and the mission was called "Sputnik 2" -
First photograph of Earth from orbit
First photo was took by USA in 7 august 1959 in the Explorer 6 mission's -
First human-crewed orbital flight
They went from USSR The mission was called Vostok 1 -
First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon
The mission was called Ranger 4 -
First woman in space
The first woman who went on space was Valentina Tereshkova and she was from USSR, the mission was called Vostok 6. -
First soft landing on another world
USSR launched a vehicle on the moon which land softly. The mission was called Luna 9. -
First human on the Moon
In the 20 of July of 1969, the first human who put a step on the moon was from USA and his name was Neil Armstrong. The mission was named APOLLO 11. -
First space station
The first space station was created by USSR, his name was Salyut 1 -
First photos and soil samples from Mars
First successful photograph and soil samples from the surface of Mars. Mission was lead by NASA (usa) and it was called "Viking Lander" -
First photograph of the whole Solar System
First photo of the Solar System was took in the 14 february of 1990 by NASA (usa). Mission was called "Voyager 1". -
First food grown in space eaten
The first food which grown in the space and which got eaten, was a lettuce. By ISS in 10 august 2015.
