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The first man to go into space was a man called Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR). He didn't land anywhere but was the first man in space. Quite an achievement don't you think
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Who was the president of the U.S when NASA began?
President Ronald Reagan.Depending on what you consider the first flight, the answer is either Ronald Reagan (President January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989) or Jimmy Carter (President January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981).DateOrbiterMajor event02/18/1977EnterpriseFirst flight; Attached to Enterprise Shuttle Carrier Aircraft throughout flight.08/12/1977EnterpriseFirst free flight; Tailcone on; lakebed landing10/12/1977EnterpriseThird free flight; First with no tailcone; lakebed landing10/26/1977EnterpriseFinal Enterprise free flight; First landing on Edwards AFB concrete runway.04/12/1981ColumbiaFirst Columbia flight, first orbital test flight; STS-1Enterprise never flew in space but it did fly in the atmosphere. If you consider Enterprise to count as one of the space shuttles, then the first flight was in 1977 under Carter. If you only count the flights that launched into space, then Columbia was the first flight and occurred in 1981 under Reagan.
Which country was first to launch man into space?
China would be number three; Shen zhou 5 launched Chinese astronaut (Taikonaut) Yang Liwei into a 91.2 minute orbit.
Who was the president who started a space program to catch up with the Soviets?
Dwight D. Eishenhower. (Because of his famous pledge to land a man on the moon, John Kennedy is sometimes mistakenly given as the answer to this question.) From the late 1940s to the late 1980s, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the so-called "Cold War," a contest between democratic capitalism and totalitarian communism . Along with espionage and proxy wars, an arms race, an effort by each side to develop military dominance over the other, was an important (some would say the deciding) feature of that contest. In 1952, the International Council of Scientific Unions, proposed the International Geophysical Year, running from July 1957 to December 1958. In September, 1955 the Naval Research Laboratory's project Vanguard was chosen to orbit an unmanned satellite as part of the IGY effort, but it was underfunded and progress was slow. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sucessfully orbited a satellite called "Sputnik." This generated a great deal of concern, if not panic, that there was a technology gap, and that the Soviets might use their technology to deliver weapons from space. Additional funding was forthcoming and the U.S. orbited its first artificial satellite on January 11, 1958. President Eisenhower and Congress chartered the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which absorbed all civilian space projects, beginning operations on October 1, 1958. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter space, achieving a single orbit of the Earth. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the second man, and first American, to achieve space flight. On May 25, 1961, recently inaugurated President John F. Kennedy, in a special address on space to Congress, announce that, "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. On July 20, 1969, the U. S. achieved Kennedy's goal, becoming the only country, to this day, to land men on Moon or any other extraterrestrial body.
Countries north of china?
Norht of China there is Russia and Mongolia which is squeezed between the two. Because of the frequent invasion to China from Mongolia, the Chinese people created the only monument man made visible from space: The great wall of China.
Who was the first president to talk to someone in space?
John F. Kennedy, in a speech on May 25, 1961, proposed a manned moon landing by the end of that decade. President Richard M. Nixon spoke to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins during the first moon landing on July 21, 1969. In a famous speech by John F. Kennedy, he stressed the importance that man seek knowledge that isn't readily available and almost impossible to obtain. One of those goals was to put a man on the moon, therefore making the "impossible" possible. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/25/newsid_4369000/4369187.stm
Which country had the first man in space?
The first country to launch the first successful manned space flight was Russia. Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space as a result of that achievement.
What has the author W Ray Hook written?
W. Ray Hook has written: 'An alternate concept for expanding man's presence in space' -- subject(s): Space stations, Space shuttles, Manned space flight, Orbit maneuvering engine (Space shuttle), Interplanetary voyages, Mission planning, Astronautics, Orbital servicing, Space flight
What is the difference between a manned and unmanned spacecraft?
there is no man in the space craft
What was the first US manned space program?
The first US man in space was John Glen in Friendship 7. He orbitted the earth in space but never went out into space. But the first man technically considered to be put in space by the US was Alan Shepard aboard the Freedom 7 on a sub-orbital flight. Hope this helps.
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 the first international manned space flight?
Soyus 28, a two man spacecraft originating out of the Soviet Union, was the first international manned spaceflight. Crew members were from Russia (Aleksey Gubarev) and Czechoslovakia (Vladimir Remek), and the launch was in June, 1978, and ended September, 1978.
How many years between the first manned flight and first man landing on the moon?
The first manned flight was on April 12th 1961 with Yuri Gagarin. The first man landing on the Moon was on July 20th 1969. So it was a bit under 8 years.
What was the goal of the first manned space program started by NASA?
man utd 1 man city 4
What has the author Tim Furniss written?
Tim Furniss has written: 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and Technology' 'A History of Space Exploration' -- subject(s): Space flight, Exploration, Pictorial works, History, Astronautics 'A trip to the moon' -- subject(s): Readers 'Man in Space (Today's World)' 'One Small Step: The Apollo Missions, the Astronauts, the Aftermath' 'Space flight' -- subject(s): Manned space flight, History 'Journey into Space' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Astronautics, Exploration, Toy and movable books, Specimens 'The Complete Record of Manned Spaceflight' 'Extreme space' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, History, Astronautics, Manned space flight, Exploration 'Space Stowaway Furniss' 'Solar System (Spinning Through Space' 'Space Rocket (Engineers at Work)' 'Space Dots' 'Our future in space' -- subject(s): Astronautics, Juvenile literature 'Spacecraft (Mean Machines)' 'Atlas of Space Exploration (Atlas Library)' 'The History of Space Vehicles' 'UFO's' 'Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006' -- subject(s): Astronautics, History 'Space rocket' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Astronautics, Rocketry 'The Sun (Spinning Through Space)' 'Journey Through Space'
When was the first manned space launch?
Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut of the USSR (Soviet Union, now Russia) completed the first manned orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. He was the "first man in space".
Second american-manned space program?
The second American maned space program was the two man spacecrafts called the Gemini.
What were the three space programs developed to put man in space and on the moon?
The manned space programs operated by the US that put people into space and on the moon were Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
