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∙ 12y agoAlan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American in space in 1961. He was, however, the second human in space as a Russian cosmonaut preceded him.
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∙ 15y agoThe first civilian space program was called Project Mercury
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∙ 14y agoProject Mercury
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∙ 14y agoThe Geminii program
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∙ 10y agoMercury sent one astronaut at a time.
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∙ 15y agoMERCURY
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What was the name of the first American satellite sent into space?
Explorer 1
What was the name of the first rocket the US sent up into space?
The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.
What was the first Canadian space shuttle sent to space?
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
US space program that sent astrounats to the moon?
Apollo
Which was the first space shuttle sent to space?
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
What space program sent the first Americans into space?
the first program to send Americans into space was called "project mercury"
Space program that first put astronauts into space?
Project Mercury sent the first 6 Americans into space. They were all solo flights.
The first Americans were sent into space in what program?
YALL all idiots its mercury.
What was the name of the first American satellite sent into space?
Explorer 1
Astronaut Shepard who in 1961 was the first American sent into space?
Well the first american in space was alan sheaperd, john glenn was first to orbit earth tho.
What was the name of the first rocket the US sent up into space?
The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.
What American space program put astronauts on the moon?
The Apollo program sent astronauts to the Moon from 1968 to 1972, with the first landing made by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. No human has been to the Moon since 1972.
Which country sent up the first animal in the space?
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
What was the first animal sent into space and what country sent it?
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
Who did the United states send into space less than a month after the Russians sent the first man into space?
Alan Shepard was the first American in space, a little less that a month after the Russians reached space
What was the first Canadian space shuttle sent to space?
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
