The first manned space flight took place in 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Manned space flight is a voyage into space with a human passenger on board.
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The Soviet Union achieved the first manned space flight on April 12, 1961, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The first manned spaceflight was made by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1. Gagarin's historic flight made him the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth.
in 1961
Manned space flight is a voyage into space with a human passenger on board.
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
The USSR or Russia. They had the first satellite, the first animal in space, the first manned space flight, and the first space walk. But we beat them to the moon.
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 manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The Soviet Union achieved the first manned space flight on April 12, 1961, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The first manned spaceflight was made by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1. Gagarin's historic flight made him the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth.
Vladimir Suvorov has written: 'The first manned spaceflight' -- subject(s): Manned space flight, History
April 12, 1961. Note: That was also Gagarin's last space flight. He never went to space again.
The Mercury Program was the first manned space flight program,
The first US manned space flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, also known as Freedom 7, took place on May 5, 1961. The flight, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard, lasted approximately 15 minutes and 22 seconds. During this brief suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of about 116.5 miles (187.5 kilometers) before safely returning to Earth.