First happen in the world - General knowledge

First happen in the world - General knowledge

S.No.	Role	Miscellaneous
1	First unmanned spaceship to have softlanded and lifted off from moon to return to the earth	Luna-16 (USSR) Sep. 21, 1970
2	First space vehicle to land on the moon	Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) nicknamed 'Eagle'
3	First space ship which carried three American Astronauts to land two of them to moon	Apollo-11
4	First country to send man to moon	USA
5	First space rocket brought back to earth after orbiting the moon	Zond-5
6	First crew transfer between the orbiting space ship	Soyuz T-15 with Mir Space Station
7	First mission of a ling-up in space by manned space ships of USA and Soviet Union	Apollo-Soyuj Test Project Mission (ASTP)
8	First man to fly into space belonging to a country other than Russia or the USA	Remek (Czechoslovakia)
9	First country to send nuclear powered space craft to explore Jupiter	USA
10	First Country to launch earth satellite or artificial baby moon	USSR
11	First spaceship in the world to sample moon's crust	Surveyor-3 (USA)
12	First space vehicle to soft land on moon	Luna 9 (USSR)
13	First manned spaceship to perforn the longest stay in space (11 days)	Apollo 7 (USA)
14	First vessel ever to reach the North Pole by sailing through the thick Arctic ice	Soviet Arktika Atomic-powered (ice-breaker)
15	First cross word puzzle in the world was published	By London Sunday Express
16	First country to issue stamps	Britain
17	First demonstration of motion picture was held at	Paris
18	First animated colour cartoon of full feature length	Snow white and seven dwarfs
19	First country that brings out the FIAT	Italy
20	first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet	Colombia