The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who flew aboard the Mercury spacecraft named Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961. This suborbital flight lasted approximately 15 minutes and reached an altitude of about 116 miles. Shepard's mission marked a significant milestone in the U.S. space program during the early stages of the Space Race.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
He first flew the Mercury spacecraft in 1961 then Apollo 14 in 1971.
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who flew aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961.
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
The second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
He first flew the Mercury spacecraft in 1961 then Apollo 14 in 1971.
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who flew aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961.
It is called the Apollo spacecraft.
On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 spacecraft becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
The second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
Major Yuri Gagarin flew in the Russian spacecraft in 1961.
The first winged spacecraft was the Space Shuttle, developed and operated by NASA. The Space Shuttle made its first orbital flight in 1981 and was used for various missions, including transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
The spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin flew in for the first human space flight in 1961 was called Vostok 1.
USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (born March 6, 1937) was the first woman in space. She flew the Vostok 6 spacecraft on a three-day flight, June 16-18, 1963.The first female American astronaut, and third woman in space, was Sally Kristen Ride, who flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger in June, 1983.
John Glenn orbited in Friendship-7 in 1962 .