The Russian Space Program has achieved a number of firsts in Space Exploration including: The first satellite- Sputnik
1, 4 October 1957 The first man in space- Yuri Gagarin, 12 April 1961 The first woman in space- Valentina
Tereshkova, 16 June 1963 The first 3 man crew- Voskhod 1, 12 October 1964 The first space flight without spacesuits-
Voskhod 1, 12 October 1964 The first space walk- Aleksei Leonov, 18 March 1965 The first space-station- Salyut
1, 19 April 1971 The first woman to walk in space- Svetlana Savitskaya, 25 July 1984
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