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The first manned space flight was in 1961, piloted by Yuri Gagarin (USSR).
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
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The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who spent 15 minutes in a sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space, going on a short, sub-orbital flight on 5 May 1961.
The first manned space flight was in 1961, piloted by Yuri Gagarin (USSR).
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On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, a cosmonaut. He completed his flight on April 12, 1961.
April 12, 1961. Note: That was also Gagarin's last space flight. He never went to space again.
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.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin on 12 April 1961 became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the EarthSoviet Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made the first flight into space on April 12, 1961.
Vostok 1
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who spent 15 minutes in a sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961.
Grissom's first flight on July 21, 1961 was the second flight by an American astronaut. Grissom's second flight on March 23, 1965 was the first flight of the Gemini spacecraft.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space, going on a short, sub-orbital flight on 5 May 1961.
On 12 April 1961, in Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space