That would be Gemini 8. Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked with an unmanned Agena target vehicle on March 16th, 1966. The two spacecraft remained docked for approximately 31 minutes before a malfunctioning thruster on the Gemini spacecraft forced Armstrong to undock and terminate the mission after only 10 hours 37 minutes.
If you are referring to an actual docking (connection) in space, that would be Neil Armstrong and David Scott aboard Gemini 8 on March 16th, 1966.
If you are referring to the first rendezvous (no actual docking) in space that would be Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford in Gemini 6 along with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell in Gemini 7 which took place on December 16th, 1965.
The year that a team of American astronauts first met and connected with a spacecraft orbit was 1996, before the first people stepped on the moon.
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They met in Moscow, Russia at the local International Space Association Service, or the "ISAS."
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The first American to orbit the earth was astronaut John Glenn, the name of the spacecraft was a Mercury spacecraft. But it was called The Friendship 7.As there were 7 astronauts chosen in the first batch of astronauts.
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The first selected Cosmonauts for the Soviet union were:Yuri GagarinValery BykovskyAndrian NikolayevPavel PopovichGherman TitovGrigori NelyubovThe first class of American Astronauts were the Mercury astronauts:Alan ShepherdGordon CooperScott CarpenterJohn GlennDeke SlaytonGus GrisomWally Schirra
The first American spacecraft which orbited the earth was called The Mercury Friendship 7, and the astronaut was a famous person his name was John Glenn, he was a senator for many years later.
The first spacecraft on the moon was called Eagle. After the Jules verne spacecraft.
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The Apollo Mission
Apollo 11
The first American to orbit the earth was astronaut John Glenn, the name of the spacecraft was a Mercury spacecraft. But it was called The Friendship 7.As there were 7 astronauts chosen in the first batch of astronauts.
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The docking of the Gemini spacecraft.
Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to go around the moon and to return to earth. The astronauts were Frank Borman , James Lovell, and William Anders.
Three Astronauts; one space craft. Apollo was the first three Astronaut spacecraft.
That would be Gemini 8. Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked with an unmanned Agena target vehicle on March 16th, 1966. The two spacecraft remained docked for approximately 31 minutes before a malfunctioning thruster on the Gemini spacecraft forced Armstrong to undock and terminate the mission after only 10 hours 37 minutes.
Houston has been one of the major sites for NASA operations, including the first correspondence with and orbiting spacecraft. Apollo 13 famously told the operators there "Houston, we have a problem. "
Roberta Bondar was the First North American woman to pilot a spacecraft
Apollo 11 consisted of the command module that was known as Columbia and the lunar module that landed on the Moon was called Eagle.