Yuri Gagarin was the first person in Space, he was a cosmonaut sent by the Russians.
John Young and Robert Crippen flew space shuttle Columbia in April of 1981
Yes. Columbia was the first of the space shuttles to actually fly into space. The first recognizable 'space shuttle' was called the Enterrprise. It was built to do glide and landing tests before the Columbia flew into space in 1981.
The 5 Space Shuttles flew in space 134 times. One mission didn't make it to space.
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
The first space shuttle that "flew" was the Enterprise, but it was not capable of space flight.The first orbital shuttle was Columbia.The next orbital shuttle was Challenger.
Those are the first ones sent to space. One is the one John Glenn flew.
The first British person in space, Helen Sharman, was resident for a week on board the Russian space station Mir, which no longer exists. She flew in one Soyuz craft to Mir, and flew back in one that was already there. She was in space May 18-26, 1991.
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John Young and Robert Crippen flew space shuttle Columbia in April of 1981
Enterprise but it never flew but Columbia was the first in space
Yes first a dog a chimp and a monkey flew in space.
No. The first shuttle that flew was the Enterprise. The first that traveled into space was Columbia
Yes. Columbia was the first of the space shuttles to actually fly into space. The first recognizable 'space shuttle' was called the Enterrprise. It was built to do glide and landing tests before the Columbia flew into space in 1981.
The name of the first astronaut to fly in space was Alan .b. Shepard.
The first man is space was Yuri Gagarin he flew at the altitude of 200 miles an hour
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, a cosmonaut. He completed his flight on April 12, 1961.