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Alan Shepherd
The first civilian astronaut launched into space by the US was Christa McAuliffe. She was a high school teacher selected as part of the Teacher in Space Project and tragically died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Dennis Tito was the first person to pay his way to the I.S.S. and space.
Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. While Gagarin was not a civilian, he was a member of the Soviet Air Force.
Christa McAuliffe, although not for very long as the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.
Alan Shepherd
SpaceShipOne
The first civilian astronaut launched into space by the US was Christa McAuliffe. She was a high school teacher selected as part of the Teacher in Space Project and tragically died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
The first human being to step onto the moon ... Neil Armstrong ... was a civilian at the time, and still is.
I think it was going to be the first civilian female school teacher in space.
because she is the first woman who has traveled space.
Dennis Tito was the first person to pay his way to the I.S.S. and space.
Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. While Gagarin was not a civilian, he was a member of the Soviet Air Force.
Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency was created on 2007-11-01.
The motto of Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency is 'Ex Sominus Ad Astra'.
Christa McAuliffe, although not for very long as the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.
yuri gagarin