Alan Shepard was the first American in space flying the Freedom 7 mission on May 5, 1961.
The first American man to enter space was Alan Sheppard on May 5th, 1961.
No, John Glenn was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
Alan Shepard
No, The first American in space was Alan Shepard who went into space about a month after Yuri A. Gagarin (first man in space) did.
Yuri Gagarin was Russian, and the first man in space.
Tamayo-Mendez
No, Alan Shepard was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, but he did not achieve orbit.
Dr. Mae Jennison.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was the first program to place a man on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon.
The first African American man in space was Guion Bluford. his first flight was in 1983.guion "guy" bluford was the first African American to go into space; however, the first black man to go into space as quoted by Wikipedia:Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit. He was also the first Hispanophone and first Black person in space
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
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