The first manned orbital capsule was the Vorstok 1, manned by soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Apollo 7. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned mission, but a fire during training killed all three astronauts in the capsule that should have taken them on the first mission.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
No, Apollo 7 was an 11-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-person US space mission.
The first US space satellite was Explorer I in 1958. The first manned US spacecraft was Freedom 7, a space capsule in which NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew on May 5, 1961, becoming the second man in space. (see related links)
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Yuri Gagarin
The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
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.
The first woman in space was USSR cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, who spent 71 hours orbiting Earth 48 times in June 1963 in her capsule Sea Gull. She followed Yuri Gagarin, also from the USSR, who made the first manned orbital flight in 1961.
Apollo 7. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned mission, but a fire during training killed all three astronauts in the capsule that should have taken them on the first mission.
The capsule in the Mercury space program was designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. It was known as the Mercury spacecraft, or "Freedom 7" for the first manned flight with Alan Shepard in 1961.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
The Gemini capsule, it was needed mostly to manage rendezvous and docking maneuvers and precision reentry for a preselected landing site.The earlier Mercury capsule was controlled by IBM 7090 computers on the ground via radio commands.
Apollo 7 was an 11-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-person US space mission.
No, Apollo 7 was an 11-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-person US space mission.
The first US space satellite was Explorer I in 1958. The first manned US spacecraft was Freedom 7, a space capsule in which NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew on May 5, 1961, becoming the second man in space. (see related links)