First in Science and Technology

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First Hydroelectric Plant- On the Ganganachukki waterfall of the
Sivasamudram Falls, Karnataka, built in 1902

First City to have electricity-Banglore, in 1906 (it was in fact the
first city to have electricity)

First Man in Space- Rakesh Sharma aboard Salyut 7, on April 03,
1984. He was the 138th man in space world-wide.

First Women in Space- Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle
Columbia flight STS-87, on November 19,1997

She was a naturalized United States citizen, and represented the
US during the event.

First Test-tube baby- Durga Agarwal, born 1978

First Scienfific Expedition to Antarctica- 1981

First Nuclear Reactor- Tarapur, Maharashtra

First Genetically Modified Food Product in India- Bt. Egg Plant

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First Satellite- Aryabhatta, launched on April 19, 1975

First Satellite dedicated exclusively for educational services
EDUSET

First Successfully Indigenous Launch Vehicle SLV-3

The first person in the world to land on the moon Neil A.
Armstrong and Edwin E Aldrin Jr of USA (Armstrong was the first
to set foot on the moon followed by Aldrin) - July 21, 1969

First man to enter space (or the world's first cosmonaut)- Yuri
Gagarin (Russian)

The first returnable space shuttle- Colombia

The first disabled satellite repaired in space- Solar Max

The first unmanned moon-buggy to explore surface of the moon-
Lunokhod-I (Russia)

The first unmanned spaceship to have soft-landed and lifted off
from the moon to return to earth.- Luna - 16 (Russia) (Sept. 21,
1970)

The first manned space vehicle to land on the moon- Lunar
Exploration Module (LEM) nick named "Eagle"

The first country to send men on the moon- USA

The first to launch earth satellite or "artificial baby moon"- Russia

The first woman cosmonaut of the world- ValentinaTereshkova
(Russian)

The first person to float in space- Alexei Lenov (Russian)

The first American astronaut (and second person in the world) to
float in space- Edward White

The first country to launch a cosmic space rocket towards moon-
USSR

The first space rocket to hit the moon- Lunik-II

The first spaceship in the world to sample moon's crust Surveyor-
3 (USA)

The first space vehicle to soft-land on Moon- Luna-9 (Russia)

The first space vehicle to orbite the moon- Luna-10 (Russia)

The first space-craft to leave solar system- Pioneer II

The first American manned spaceship to perform crew transfer in
space- Apollo-9 (USA)

The first manned spacehip to perform space flight round the
moon- Apollo-8 (USA)