On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American in space. He was born in Derry, New Hampshire, in the United States.
The USA. The first creatures in deep space were fruit flies launched In an American V-2 rocket in 1947. Second was a rhesus monkey in 1949 also in an American V-2.
who was the first African American to travel in space
The first American in space was Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first american to enter space
The first African American man in space was Guion Bluford. his first flight was in 1983.guion "guy" bluford was the first African American to go into space; however, the first black man to go into space as quoted by Wikipedia:Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit. He was also the first Hispanophone and first Black person in space
The first Native-American in space was John Herrington. The first American originally from India in space was Kalpana Chawla.
The first American to walk in space was edward. H. White.
Edward White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965.
The name of the first American satellite in space was called Explorer 1.
The first African American to travel in the space was Guion Bluford. He was however the second from African ancestry to travel in the space.