Article Detail Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) Similar Questions : 1. Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia 2. Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China 3. Name of the first Country to print books ? Answer: China 4. Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) 5. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis 6. Who was first female Space Tourist ? Answer: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari in 2004 7. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) Read more from - First in World