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Alan Shepard and Sally Ride--about 30 years apart.
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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)
Who was the first us woman to go into space?
sally ride
Who are some space pioneers?
Laika, a Russian dog was the first creature from earth to enter space on 3rd November, 1957. Yuri Gagarin (USSR), the first person to enter space, and also the first to orbit the earth on April 12th, 1961. Alan Shepard (US), the first US person in space, May 5th, 1961. Valentina Tereshkova (USSR), the first woman in space, on June 16th, 1963. Alexei Leonov (USSR), the first person to walk in space, on March 18, 1965. Neil Armstrong (US), the first man to walk on the moon, on July 20th, 1969. Sally Ride (US), the first US woman in space, on June 18th, 1983.
Who was the first us woman in space in 1983?
Sally Kristen Ride
Who was the first woman gone to space who died on 24 July 2012?
Valentina .V. Tereshkova was the first woman into space and is still alive as of August 2012. The first US woman in space was Sally Ride who has unfortunately recently passed away
What actors and actresses appeared in The Space Between Us - 2003?
The cast of The Space Between Us - 2003 includes: Heather Bird as Young woman - second to appear Erik Te Strake as Young man - first to appear
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 did the USSR accomplish before the US?
Sputnik, the first rocket into space many things to do with space: they got the first person into space the first satellite to launch into space the first orbit around the earth the first living being into space the first woman into space etc.
Who did the US sent into space less than a month after the russians sent the first man into space?
Alan Shepard
What space program put the first man on the moon?
The US space program is the only one to have put men on the moon.
Who did the US send into space less than a month after the Russians sent the first man into space?
Alan Shepard Jr.
Was the US the first to launch into space?
No. The USSR was the first to launch any kind of space craft with the launch of "Sputnik 1" in 1957. The US was the first to send a man to the moon in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission
