John W. Young
Yuri Gagarin is the first person to fly in space.
The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
Phạm Tuân is the first Vietnamese person to fly into space. He flew on the Soyuz 37 mission in 1980 as an Interkosmos cosmonaut.
The first person to fly in space was Yiri Gagarin a Russian.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in Space, he was a cosmonaut sent by the Russians.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok VI in 1983.
Jim Arthur Lovell, Jr. born March 25,1928 was an Astronaunt. Noted for being the Commander of the Apollo 13 Flight. He is on the list of 24 people who have flown to the Moon, and the First of 3 people to have flown there twice. He is the only person to fly to the moon twice and not land. And he is the First person to fly in space four times.
Tereshkova flew out on June 16, 1963---the first woman to fly in space.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.