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The name of the first astronaut to fly in space was Alan .b. Shepard.
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What was the name of Julie payettes space ship?
Astronaut Julie Payette flew on two space shuttles during her career. Her first flight was with the shuttle Discovery in 1999. Her next flight was on the shuttle Endeavour in 2009.
Who was the first girl astronaut to fly to the space?
The first woman (not girl) in space was from Russia-- her name was Valentina Tereshkova, and she flew her first mission in 1963. In America, the first woman astronaut was Sally Ride, who flew her first mission in 1983. (It should be noted that as far back as the 1960s, several other qualified American women, most notably Jerrie Cobb, tried to persuade NASA to allow women to fly into space, but NASA was very resistant to having women astronauts at that time.)
What was the name of the first astronaut?
The first man in space was - Yuri Gagarin.
Name of a astronaut?
He is Edward White the first American to walk in space.
Who were the first astronants?
The name of the first American astronaut to fly in space is Alan. B. Shepherd.
First american in space flew in this spacecraft?
X-15 Actually, while the X-15 WAS technically the first US craft to enter space (it flew higher than 50 statute miles on several occasions) it only carried one pilot. The first US spacecraft to carry more than one astronaut was Gemini 3, launched on March 23rd, 1965 and crewed by commander V. I. "Gus" Grissom and pilot John W. Young.
Name of the first person to reach space?
Astronaut is the term the US uses for a person who goes into space, cosmonaut is the Russian term.The first astronaut to fly into space was Alan Shepard, who flew the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. However, the first person to fly in space was Yuri Gagarin, who orbited the earth three times on April 12, 1961. Although this was 23 days before Shepard's flight, since Gagarin flew on Soviet spacecraft he was a cosmonaut, not an astronaut.
What is the name for space traveler?
Astronaut
What are astronauts called in Russia?
Cosmenauts
What is a different name for a space man?
Astronaut.
What is the name of the space shuttle that never flew in space?
Enterprise.
What is another name for a space traveler?
You will be called a astronaut.
