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Of that total, 102 are women. The first person in space was the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. The first American, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, followed on May 5, 1961.

NASA's spacewalking champ is retired astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria with 10 spacewalks for a total of 67 hours. The first person in space was the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin on April 12 ...