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The historic first steps: first woman, first Indian, first spacewalk, first reusable rocket
Global ๐ 1963 Space Milestones
Key Facts
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Valentina Tereshkova (1963): first woman in space; orbited Earth 48 times in 3 days
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Alexei Leonov (1965): first spacewalk (10 minutes); Ed White (USA) first American spacewalk same year
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Rakesh Sharma (1984): first Indian in space aboard Soviet Soyuz T-11; Kalpana Chawla first Indian-American woman astronaut (STS-87, 1997)
๐ Did you know? Rakesh Sharma (1984) told Indira Gandhi from space that India looked "Saare Jahan Se Achha" โ most patriotic space moment
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1963
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The historic first steps: first woman, first Indian, first spacewalk, first reusable rocket