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Mariner 10
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
The first woman in space was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. She was on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7 in 1983.
it was the first nasa space mission to have a native American astronaut John B. Herrington he was the Flight Engineer
The first African American who travelled in the space was Mae Carol Jemison. She was s Mission Specialist on the STS-47 space mission."Mae Jeminson"thanks for asking! joe mc carterDr. Mae C. Jemison (born October 11, 1956) was the first African-American woman in space, on mission STS-47 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, on September 12-20, 1992.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. She credits Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Uhura, as being a role model, making her realize it was possible for an African American woman to go to space.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut to travel space on September 12, 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space flying the Freedom 7 mission on May 5, 1961.
Mariner 10
Yuri Gagarin flew aboard Vostok 1 for 108 minutes or nearly a complete orbit of the Earth, a Soviet space mission and the first man in space.
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
Commander Alan Sheppard the first American in space.
It was in a combined Apollo and soyuz space mission.
The first woman in space was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. She was on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7 in 1983.
Mae Jemison was the first African American in space and she was the mission scientist. She did experiments on the space shuttle.
it was the first nasa space mission to have a native American astronaut John B. Herrington he was the Flight Engineer
The first African American who travelled in the space was Mae Carol Jemison. She was s Mission Specialist on the STS-47 space mission."Mae Jeminson"thanks for asking! joe mc carterDr. Mae C. Jemison (born October 11, 1956) was the first African-American woman in space, on mission STS-47 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, on September 12-20, 1992.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. She credits Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Uhura, as being a role model, making her realize it was possible for an African American woman to go to space.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut to travel space on September 12, 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
Cassini's mission exploring Saturn and its moon will end in 2013.
Alan Shepherd was the first American to be launched atop a rocket. The mission was not intended to place him in orbit, only to bring him back safely on a sub-orbital trajectory. The mission was successful. John Glenn, now a US Senator from Ohio, was the first American to be launched, successfully injected into earth orbit, make several complete orbits, and return safely to earth.