Question

Who was the first human to travel to space?
1. Neil Armstrong
2. Rakesh Sharma
3. Kalpana Chawla
4. Yuri Gagarin

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Yuri Gagarin

The correct answer is Yuri Gagarin.

•  Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

• The first cosmonaut to spend about 17½ days in space endurance flight was Adrin Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanosov in Soyuz-9 (June 1, 1970)
• The first person in the world to land on the moon was Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. of the U.S.A. Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon followed by Aldrin. July 21, 1969.

• The first man to enter space Major Yuri Gagarin (Russian)
• The first woman cosmonaut of the world was Valentina Tereshkova
• India first scientific satellite was Aryabhatta
• The first Indian to go into space was Rakesh Sharma
• The first woman of Indian origin in space was Kalpana Chawla
• The first spacewoman to stay for the longest ever in space was Sunita Williams
• The first successful moon mission of India is Chandrayan-I.