John F. Kennedy was the President on May 5, 1961 when astronaut Alan Shepherd was launched into a sub-orbital space flight.
NASA was forned as a civilian space agency during the Eisenhower administration. It was under his direction that the first astronauts were chosen. By the time the astronauts actually flew, John Kennedy was president.
the first program to send Americans into space was called "project mercury"
Project Mercury sent the first 6 Americans into space. They were all solo flights.
YALL all idiots its mercury.
The United States was in the Space Race with Russia. Russia sent its first man in space first, but the United States retaliated and sent Neil Armstrong to the moon, making him the first man on the moon.
The Utah War was the first time a U.S. President had ordered troops against other Americans. President James Buchanan sent federal soldiers to put down a Mormon rebellion.
Military advisors
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
No. He made the rockets that sent Americans to space
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite