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Cosmonaut (USSR/Russia), astronaut (USA, Europe) or taikonaut (China) — individuals, who were trained and selected for human spaceflight programs.

The list of people, who have participated in an orbital spaceflight, according to FAI on April 11, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. Moscow time.

EVA — extravehicular activity.

USSR / Russia
USA
other countries
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel to space
“He summoned us all to space”
Neil Armstrong

March 18, 1965
Alexey Leonov became the first human to conduct EVA in space

July 21, 1969
Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon

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