First artificial satellite First animal in space First photographs of the far side of the Moon Sputnik 1 1957-10-04 Laika 1957-11-03 <fa* à Luna 3 1959-10-06 First person in space Wirt Gagarin 1961 04-12 First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova 1963-06-16 First spacewalk SL Alexei