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== List of Astronauts ==
== List of Astronauts ==
*Yuri Gagarin (Vostok-1): First Human in Space.
*Yuri Gagarin (Vostok-1): First human in space.
*Alan Shepard (Freedom-7): Second Human in space, First American in Space.
*Alan Shepard (Freedom-7): Second human in space, first American in space.
*Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok-6): First Woman in Space.
*Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok-6): First woman in space.
*Neil Armstrong (Apollo-11): First Human to walk on the [[moon]].
*Neil Armstrong (Apollo-11): First human to walk on the [[Moon]].
*Marc Garneau (STS-41-G): First Canadian person in space.
*Marc Garneau (STS-41-G): First Canadian person in space.
*Yang Liwei (Shenzhou-5): First Chinese person in Space
*Yang Liwei (Shenzhou-5): First Chinese person in space


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Revision as of 17:35, 16 August 2012

An astronaut (known in Russia as a cosmonaut) is a person who works on a manned spacecraft.

List of Astronauts

  • Yuri Gagarin (Vostok-1): First human in space.
  • Alan Shepard (Freedom-7): Second human in space, first American in space.
  • Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok-6): First woman in space.
  • Neil Armstrong (Apollo-11): First human to walk on the Moon.
  • Marc Garneau (STS-41-G): First Canadian person in space.
  • Yang Liwei (Shenzhou-5): First Chinese person in space