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Who was the mission commander that landed Apollo 14 in 1971?
Alan Shepherd (who was an original Mercury astronaut and the first American in space)
What space program sent the first American to space?
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
What mission was the was first American woman to complete a space mission on?
The first American woman to complete a space mission was Sally Ride, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7 in 1983. Ride became the first American woman in space on this mission.
What year did John Glenn first go to space?
John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
When did Alan Shepared become the first American in space?
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Freedom 7 spacecraft during the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
Who was the mission commander that landed Apollo 14 in 1971?
Alan Shepherd (who was an original Mercury astronaut and the first American in space)
What space program sent the first American to space?
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
What mission was the was first American woman to complete a space mission on?
The first American woman to complete a space mission was Sally Ride, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7 in 1983. Ride became the first American woman in space on this mission.
What program put the first American in space?
mercury
What year did John Glenn first go to space?
John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
What came first in the American space program the shuttle or Mercury?
Mercury.
When did Alan Shepared become the first American in space?
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Freedom 7 spacecraft during the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
Who was the first person to fly in a mercury capsule?
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.
Was mercury 1 the first NASA mission?
No Mercury 1 was not the first NASA mission, though the the Mercury project was NASA's first project, the first mission in the Mercury project and therefore the first NASA mission was Mercury-Big Joe launched on September 9, 1959.
Which space shuttle put the first American in space?
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who flew aboard the Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft, also known as Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961. However, it's important to note that this mission was not part of the Space Shuttle program, which began in 1981. The first space shuttle to fly was Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981, during the STS-1 mission.
What year did John Glenn go up into space?
On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
