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Virgil "Gus" Grissom
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What is the second country to send a man or woman into space?
The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)
What was the competition between the US and the Soviet Union was known as?
the Cold War was the second world war in america.
When did Soviet Uri A Gagarin become the 1st man in space?
In 1961 Uri A. gagarin was the first man in space In 1961 Uri A. gagarin was the first man in space
What were little boy and far man?
Little Man was the atomic bomb that America droped on Hiroshima (Japan). Then the second Atomic bomb was called fat man. and that was droped 3 days after little man. Fat man was droped on august 9th 1945 on Nagasaki Japan
Who were the second people to discover America?
Christopher Columbus because the Native Americans were in America first and Christopher Columbus was there second. He did not discover America because Native Americans were already there.
What is the second country to send a man or woman into space?
The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)
Second american-manned space program?
The second American maned space program was the two man spacecrafts called the Gemini.
Who was the second US man in space?
The second American in space was Virgil Grissom, on the 21st of July, 1961. This was the second American 'suborbital' flight, where true space was entered, but the pilot did not make a full orbit of the planet.
Who was the second man to travel into space?
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
The space race refers to what?
It refers to America and what is now Russia who engaged in a race to put a man in space first.
What did America do in the space race?
They were the first to put a man on the moon; Neil Armstrong.
What were the failures of john glenn?
He was the second man in the space (after Soviet Jurij Gagarin).
What achievemnts did America do in the space race?
They were the first to put a man on the moon; Neil Armstrong.
What was the name of the second manned space program?
The first program to put a man in space was the Soviet Union's Vostok program, so the second manned space program would be the US Mercury program. The second US manned program was Gemini.
What was Ronald mcnair's contributions to America?
he was the second black astronaut in space and he opposed segregation as a kid
Did America send a chimp or man first in space?
Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.
Why did America win the space race?
Because they were the first to have a man set foot on the moon, with the Apollo 11.
