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    Citizens of which 10 countries were the first to be launched into space


    The USSR, the USA, and eight Soviet bloc countries (they were, of course, launched on Soviet rockets from Soviet spaceports).

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    5. Slow_Spray5697 on

      Costa Rica has one way later, but still worth mentioning him:

      *Franklin Chang-Díaz’s first mission was STS-61-C aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, launching on January 12, 1986, making him the first Hispanic American to fly in space. During the six-day flight, he helped deploy the SATCOM KU satellite, conducted astrophysics experiments, and operated the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL-2) before landing at Edwards Air Force Base.* 

      He also:

      *Holds records for most spaceflights (tied with Jerry L. Ross at seven) and is the first Hispanic astronaut for NASA, logging over 1,600 hours in space, including 19 hours in three spacewalks for ISS construction, contributing significantly to space science and propulsion research with his VASIMR engine concept.*

    11. tihomirbz on

      How come the US didn’t let any of its closest allies to piggy back on their rockets to space, like how the Soviets sent astronauts from Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, etc?

    12. asmok119 on

      Mongolia – new chan, Gurrag khan, went to check space to invade it and create the Space Neomongolian Empire

    15. sirbruce on

      Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez was not only Cuban but also the first person of African heritage in space.

    20. martrixalbert on

      Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ⓘ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. The backup crew was made of Romanian candidate cosmonaut Dumitru Dediu and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko.[1]