ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES AND SPACE TRAVEL

 

 

 

Who was the first Indian to enter space?

Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian who went into space. He went into space with two Russian cosmonauts on the Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name the spacecraft which first photographed the far side of the Moon.

The Russian spacecraft Luni-3 (also known as Luna-3) first photographed it on 6 October 1959.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who was the first woman to enter space?

Valentina Tershokova of Russia became the first woman to enter space on 16 June 1963 on the Vostok VI spacecraft.