First heavier-than-air flight.
First transatlantic flight.
First atomic bomb.
First hydrogen bomb.
etc.

Of course we can pick and choose what we want to highlight, and I don't blame you for selectively choosing Yuri Gargarin et al. Oh, and you didn't mention the Venera series.

Certainly there is no conspiracy to "hide" these Russian feats from children. The 'Cold War' is over!

• Not only Yurij Gagarin. Practically ALL space records. - alexander - November 20, 2001 - 17:11 UTC
  • Pale Blue Dot - luis_hamburgh - November 21, 2001 - 00:54 UTC
  • You forgot to mention Mir - pmartin - November 22, 2001 - 02:04 UTC
    • Did the hare stop for water halfway thru the 400 meter dash? - luis_hamburgh - November 22, 2001 - 05:52 UTC
      • You have the tortoise and the hare reversed - pmartin - November 22, 2001 - 18:54 UTC
        • Mir was sour grapes, Part 2 ('Beta') - luis_hamburgh - November 23, 2001 - 08:06 UTC
          • I will concede numbers (2)& (4) - pmartin - November 23, 2001 - 20:50 UTC
            • Fair enough - luis_hamburgh - November 23, 2001 - 21:40 UTC
              • Truce. (nt) - pmartin - November 23, 2001 - 23:10 UTC
          • Luis, Soviets never had moon landing program. - alexander - November 24, 2001 - 00:27 UTC
            • Alex, are you ever right about anything not formulaic? - luis_hamburgh - November 24, 2001 - 05:26 UTC