Space Facts

• Alan shepard was the first American to go into space on 5th may 1961.
• Svetlana Savitskaya(woman of former Soviet Union) was the first woman to walk in space.
• The link up of Soviet(Soyuz)and American(Apollo) spaceships over the Atlantic ocean-a great historic event-occured on 17th July,1975.
• Alexei Leonov(Former Soviet Union)was the first man to walk in space.Edward White was the first American to walk in space.
• Edwin Aldrin and Micheal collins were the names of the two Americans who accompanied Neil Armstrong to the moon.