Which astronaut went up in space first, Samantha Cristoforetti or Mirosław Hermaszewski?
Samantha Cristoforetti: Samantha Cristoforetti (] ; born 26 April 1977 in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. Mirosław Hermaszewski: Mirosław Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1941) is a retired Polish Air Force officer and cosmonaut. Mirosław Hermaszewski:  He became the first (and to this day remains the only) Polish national in space, when he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz 30 spacecraft in 1978.
Mirosław Hermaszewski