1st
golf shot taken by someone on the moon- Alan Shepard1st
golf shot taken by someone on the moon- Alan Shepard
1st
woman in space- Valentina Tereshkova, June 16, 1963 (Vostok 6)
1st
monkey in space- Ham
1st dog
in space- Leika
1st successful
rendezvous in space- Gemini 6 & 7
1st
probe to avoid Earth's gravity- Luna 1, which was launched on
January 2, 1959. It first passed the moon and then continued on
in interplanetary space.
1st
landing on the Moon- July 20, 1969, at 4:17:42 P.M. eastern
daylight time by Apollo 11's Lunar Module.
1st man
to step on the Moon- Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, 10:65 P.M.
eastern daylight time.
1st
sentence said by someone that was in a vehicle touching the Moon-
"Houston, Tranquility Base here." (The rest of that
transmission was, "The Eagle has landed.").
1st
word said by someone touching the Moon- "That's," said
by Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, 10:65 eastern daylight time.
1st
sentence said by someone touching the Moon- "That's one
small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
1st
word lost in transmission by someone on the Moon- "a,"
said by Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, at 10:65 P.M. eastern
daylight time.
1st
manned space craft- Vostok, launched on April 12, 1961 (pilot was
Yuri Gagarin).
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