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On April 12, 1961 the Soviet Union put a man into space. His name was Yuri Gagarin. In his Vostok 1 spaceship Gagarin made 1 orbit around the Earth. His flight lasted 108 minutes. SPACE EXPLORATION

On August 6, 1961 the Soviet Union launched Vostok-2 into space. The cosmonaut’s name was German Titov. He spent 25 hours in space and made 17 orbits around the Earth. He was 25 years old, the youngest human who travelled into space. SPACE EXPLORATION

On June 16, 1963 the Soviet Union launched Vostok-6 into space. The cosmonaut’s name was Valentina Tereshkova. She spent 3 days in space and made 48 orbits around the Earth. She was 26 years old, the youngest woman who travelled into space. SPACE EXPLORATION

The First American Astronaut February 20, 1962 John Glenn became the 3 rd man who orbited the Earth and the 5 th person in space. It took him 4 h 55 min to make 3 orbits around the Earth. SPACE EXPLORATION

John Glenn on Discovery Space Shuttle After 36 years John Glenn returned to space on the Space Shuttle on October 29, 1998, becoming, at age 77, the oldest person to go into space. He spent 213 hours in space. SPACE EXPLORATION The Presidential Medal of Freedom, May 29, 2012

The Longest Human Space Flights Time in space Crew Country 477. 7 days Yuri Polyakov Russia 379. 6 days Sergei Avdeyev Russia 365. 0 days Vladimir Titov Musa Manarov Soviet Union 340. 4 days Mikhail Kornienko Scott Kelly Russia The United States Yuri Polyakov Sergei Avdeyev Vladimir Titov Scott Kelly

The Most Time in Space Time in space Astronaut (man) Country 879 days, 5 spaceflights Gennady Padalka Russia 803 days, 6 spaceflights Sergei Krikalev Russia Gennady Padalka Sergei Krikalev

The Most Time in Space Time in space Astronaut (woman) Country 376 days, 2 spaceflights Peggy Whitson The United States 321 days, 5 spaceflights Sunita Williams The United States Peggy Whitson Sunita Williams

The Most Space Walks Time in space 16 spacewalks for total of 77 hours and 41 minutes Astronaut (woman) Anatoly Solovyov 7 spacewalks for a total time Sunita Williams of 50 hours and 40 minutes Anatoly Solovyov Country Russia The United States Sunita Williams

The Most Space Walks

The First Ukrainian in Space Leonid Kadenyuk flew into space on the STS-87 Columbia mission in 1997

The First Ukrainian in Space Leonid Kadenyuk was a crew member on the STS-87 Columbia mission from 15. 11 to 5. 12, 1997