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Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American astronaut to fly in space on May 5, 1961, in a Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. Virgil I. Grissom, was the second American to fly in space on July 21, 1961 in a Mercury capsule named Liberty Bell 7. Both capsules were launched on Redstone rockets.
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What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
What are the space capsules at the national air and space museum?
Those are the first ones sent to space. One is the one John Glenn flew.
The first Americans were sent into space in what program?
YALL all idiots its mercury.
Space program that first put astronauts into space?
Project Mercury sent the first 6 Americans into space. They were all solo flights.
What space program sent the first American to space?
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
What probes have been sent to mercury?
The space probe Mariner 10 has been sent to Mercury. Currently the unmanned space probe MESSANGER is photographing and studying Mercury.
What was sent to look at the planet mercury?
The Mariner10 space probe and the Mercury Messenger space probe.
What kinds of vehicles have you sent into space?
Many different vehicles have been sent into space. Manned capsules, as well as shuttles and even satellites and probes have left the world into space.
What space program sent the first Americans into space?
the first program to send Americans into space was called "project mercury"
Were any people sent to Mercury?
No. But the United States did have a Mercury Space Program.
What is the thing that belongs to NASA has the name of Messenger?
Messenger : (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a space-probe sent to the planet Mercury .
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
