The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The first US space satellite was Explorer I in 1958. The first manned US spacecraft was Freedom 7, a space capsule in which NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew on May 5, 1961, becoming the second man in space. (see related links)
The first manned orbital capsule was the Vorstok 1, manned by soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
It was called the Mercury capsule.
The Mercury Program was the first manned space flight program,
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The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The first US space satellite was Explorer I in 1958. The first manned US spacecraft was Freedom 7, a space capsule in which NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew on May 5, 1961, becoming the second man in space. (see related links)
The first manned orbital capsule was the Vorstok 1, manned by soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
It was called the Mercury capsule.
The Mercury Program was the first manned space flight program,
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The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
The first US space laboratory was Skylab
The Soviet Union (USSR) launched the first space station "Salyut 1" on April 19, 1971. (It was only manned for 23 days in June, 1971, and the Soyuz 11 crew were killed on reentry of their capsule.) The orbit of Salyut decayed and it was deliberately splashed into the Pacific Ocean on October 11, 1971.
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
Apollo 7. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned mission, but a fire during training killed all three astronauts in the capsule that should have taken them on the first mission.