no not even close
Actually, he was the second man, first American man. Not sure why the "not even close" ... ?
Alan B Shepard was the first American to fly in space onboard Freedom 7 on May 5th 1961.
The Kennedy Space Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. In 1961 Alan Shepard was the first man into space and in 1962 John Glenn was the first American man to orbit the earth.
Explorer-1 was the first U.S. satellite successfully launched into space, in January 1958. Alan Shepard was the first U.S. man launched into space, in January 1961.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
No, The first American in space was Alan Shepard who went into space about a month after Yuri A. Gagarin (first man in space) did.
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard is the second man to go in space and the first American.
The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.
no but hew was in space Niel Armstrong was the first man on the moon
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard Jr.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space flying the Freedom 7 mission on May 5, 1961.
Alan Shepard and Sally Ride--about 30 years apart.
Alan B Shepard was the first American to fly in space onboard Freedom 7 on May 5th 1961.
Alan Shepard was the first American to travel into space less than a month after Russian Yuri Gagarin's historic flight. Shepard's suborbital flight on May 5, 1961, made him the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.
A Russian named Yuri Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the second person to travel into space.
The Kennedy Space Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. In 1961 Alan Shepard was the first man into space and in 1962 John Glenn was the first American man to orbit the earth.