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The first US space satellite was Explorer I in 1958.

The first manned US spacecraft was Freedom 7, a space capsule in which NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew on May 5, 1961, becoming the second man in space.

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America's first spacecraft to be launched into space was the satellite Explorer.

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The first American satellite was Explorer 1 (1958 and the first manned American space ship was Freedom 7, piloted by Alan Shepard who was the second man and first American in space

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The first manned US space vehicle was the small Mercury capsule used for six launches between 1961 and 1963.

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Vostok I was the first craft that carried someone into space. It was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the only crew and passenger.

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it was david olikong

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