Top 10 "First" Records in Space

On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and said these words - 'Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed... OK, Houston, I'm on the porch... I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LEM footpads are on the, uh, depressed in the surface about one or two inches. Going to step off the LEM now. That's one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.' I couldn't add such a large item, so I had to continue it in the comments.

American astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar mission, walked on the moon on 20 July 1969.

Soviet Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961, and was the first man on space.

The Soviet Russian Sputnik 1, was the first satellite which was succesfully launched into orbit around the earth on 4 October 1957.

Soviet Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who piloted Vostok 6 in orbit around the earth for four days in 1963, and was the first woman in space.

Soviet Russian Aleksei A. Leonov, on 18 March 1965, left the Voshkod 2 spacecraft and floated tethered in space for twelve minutes, and was the first person to do so.

Soviet Russia's Luna 9, launched on 31 January 1966 was the first space mission to ever succesfully land on the moon.

Laika, a dog, on board the Soviet Russian Sputnik 2 on November 3rd 1957 became the first ever animal (including human) to go to space.

United States of America's Columbia, launched on 12 April 1981 was the first space shuttle in space.