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The first animal in space was a dog called Laika in a Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik 2, on 3rd of November, 1957.

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The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin on a Soviet Union he was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour.

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On 16 June 1963, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space.

Tereshkova was launched on a solo mission aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6.

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Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov who became the first human ever to walk in space on a Voskhod 2” mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.

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Salyut

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union placed into orbit Salyut, the world's first space station.