The First Space Travellers

Meet the pioneers, the very first humans to journey beyond earth. Photographs Curated By Manisha Kotian; Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale

YURI GAGARIN The 1st human to travel to space. nasa.gov

ALAN SHEPARD The 1st American and the 2nd person in space. nasa.gov

VIRGIL 'GUS' GRISSOM The 2nd American to travel to space. nasa.gov

GERMHAN TITOV The 2nd human to orbit earth and, at 25, then the youngest person to fly in space. Wikimedia Commons

JOHN GLENN The 1st American to orbit earth; later the oldest person to travel to space at age 77. nasa.gov

RAKESH SHARMA The 1st Indian to travel to space. Human Space Flight Centre

VALENTINA TERESHKOVA The first woman to travel to space and orbit earth. nasa.gov

ALEXEI LEONOV The first human to walk in space. Wikimedia Commons

NEIL ARMSTRONG The 1st human to walk on the moon. nasa.gov

EDWIN 'BUZZ' ALDRIN The 2nd human to walk on the moon. @TheRealBuzz/X

KALPANA CHAWLA The first Indian woman to travel to space. nasa.gov

EUGENE CERNAN The last human to walk on the Moon. nasa.gov

A morning with the first Indian in space When Men Walked On The Moon Go to rediff.com