First man in space
First man in space
- Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1, 12 Apr 1961
First man to walk in space
- Alexei Leonov, Voskhod 2, 18 Mar 1965
First man to walk on the moon
- Neil A Armstrong, Apollo 11, 21 Jul 1969
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