*** First Artificial Satellite:
http://www.nauts.com/vehicles/50s/sputnik.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2685115.stm
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/

*** First Man in Space:
http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/
http://howe.iki.rssi.ru/GCTC/gctc_e.htm
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/...1/gagarin.html

*** First Woman in Space:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/exp...reshkova.shtml
http://space.about.com/library/weekly/aa070502a.htm
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/...ereshkova.html
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/terhkova.htm
http://www.who2.com/valentinatereshkova.html

First Man on Mars to be Russian ?

It is called the Red Plantet for some reason.......