A few of the many "first" of the Russian Space Industry:
First multi-man crew in space:
"Voskhod" crew: V.M. Komarov, K.P. Feoktistov, B.B. Egorov – October 12-13, 1964.
First space "walk" by a man:
A.A. Leonov, "Voskhod-2" – March 18, 1965 .
First landing on the Moon:
"Luna-9" – launch: January 31, 1966; landing: February 3, 1966.
First artificial satellite of the Moon:
"Luna-10" – March 31, 1966; in orbit since April 3, 1966.
First automatic docking of spacecraft:
"Kosmos-186" and "Kosmos-188" (Spaceship "Soyuz") – October 30, 1967 .
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