Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Yuri Gagarin was the fist person in space
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
Columbia flew in April of 1981 on its first mission. Onboard were John Young and Bob Crippen
The fist American Girl doll that was retired was Samantha Parkington and her best friend Nellie.
valentina thereshkova
1984
The second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
first american to go into space
The first African American to go into space was Guion Bluford, who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on August 30, 1983. Bluford's mission made him the first African American astronaut to travel to space.
she is important to Chicago because she was the first person to go to space Acually No She was not the first person to go to space she was the 4th African American to enter space but the first FEMALE African American to enter space...
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The fist person to jourmey space was Valentina Tereshkova