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The first US man in space was John Glen in Friendship 7. He orbitted the earth in space but never went out into space. But the first man technically considered to be put in space by the US was Alan Shepard aboard the Freedom 7 on a sub-orbital flight. Hope this helps.
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What was the name of the second manned space program?
The first program to put a man in space was the Soviet Union's Vostok program, so the second manned space program would be the US Mercury program. The second US manned program was Gemini.
What was the first us manned space program called?
Mercury.
First US manned space laboratory?
The first US space laboratory was Skylab
What was the first American-manned space program?
Project Mercury was the first manned US space program, consisting of six flights between 1961 and 1963. Of these, two were sub-orbital flights while the last four all completed at least one orbit of the Earth.
Why was the US manned space program temporarily suspended in 1986?
the Challenger disaster
What was the name of the second manned space program?
The first program to put a man in space was the Soviet Union's Vostok program, so the second manned space program would be the US Mercury program. The second US manned program was Gemini.
What was the first us manned space program called?
Mercury.
First US manned space laboratory?
The first US space laboratory was Skylab
What was the first American-manned space program?
Project Mercury was the first manned US space program, consisting of six flights between 1961 and 1963. Of these, two were sub-orbital flights while the last four all completed at least one orbit of the Earth.
Why was the US manned space program temporarily suspended in 1986?
the Challenger disaster
What agency controls the US manned space program?
N.A.s.A controls all of the U.s.A Space programes.
What was the first us manned space project called?
Mercury
What space center did us launch from in the 1960s?
For the Apollo space program, the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas was used.
When did the US first go into outer space?
The Americans went first in space if manned it was in 1961 and Alan. B. Shepherd was the astronaut.
What were the three phases of the space program?
The three phases of the United States space program began with the Mercury program. The Gemini and finally the Apollo missions, complete our program.
Who sent the first men to the moon?
The first manned lunar missions were under the Apollo program of the US space agency NASA. The flights to the Moon began with a circling of the Moon by Apollo 8 in December, 1968, and ended with the last manned landing on the Moon, Apollo 17, in December, 1972.
What country got the US interested in space?
The old Soviet Union. first with satellites, then with manned spaceflight.
