Firsts of the USSR Space Program   Flight Date Who What 1 Vostock 1 12 April 1961 Gagarin First person in space 2 Vostock 1 12 April 1961 Gagarin First person in orbit 3 Vostock 3 & 4 12 August 1961 Nikolayev & Popovich First joint mission 4 Vostock 6 16 June 1963 Tereshkova First woman in space 5 Voskhod 1 12 October 1964 Komarov, Feoktistov & Yegorow First three-person flight 6 Voskhod 2 18 March 1965 Lenonov First space walk (extravehicular activity - EVA) 7 Soyuz 1 23 April 1967 Komarov First death during a space mission* Content provided by: Larry Gormley, HistoryShots Comments: * - The Apollo 1 fire occurred during a test at the launchpad