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What program put the first American in space?
mercury
What was the first program to send Americans to space?
Mercury was the name given to the first American space program.
What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
Which is the first American space shuttle?
The first space shuttle was Enterprise, built in 1976 but was only used for testing. The Challenger was the first to achieve Earth orbit, however, in 1981. (This information is from the nasa.gov website -Doctor Dan)
What space program sent the first American to space?
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
In what year did the Space Shuttle program begin?
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
What was the first space program started by nasa?
Mercury was the name of the first American Space program started by NASA. The goals were to see if humans can go to space and function normaly.
What was US's first space shuttle called?
The US's first space shuttle was called Columbia. It was part of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981.
When did the shuttle program begins?
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of the first space shuttle, Columbia. Over the course of the program, five operational space shuttles were built and used for various missions until the program ended in 2011.
First seven seven astronauts who died in the first space shuttle accident of Project Mercury?
The first seven were the first seven American Men in Space flight- not a memorial or posthumous angle. There were No in-flight fatal accidents in the Mercury or Gemini programs, and only one ( killing three Astros= Grissom, White , and Chafee) in a ground test that caught fire-in the Apollo program. There were, to date two ( All hands) fatal accidents in the space shuttle program, involving the shuttles CHALLENGER and COLUMBIA. Mercury program was accident-free.
What was the name of the first shuttle to be launch?
The name of the first shuttle to be launched was Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, for the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
What American spacecraft made its first flight in 1981?
The American spacecraft that made its first flight in 1981 is the Space Shuttle. The Space Shuttle was a reusable spacecraft that made numerous missions to space to transport crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. It played a pivotal role in shaping the United States' space program for over 3 decades.
