John Glenn, on February 20 1962, became the third American in space. At the same time, he also became the first American to orbit the earth (the previous two missions were sub-orbital).
The second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
who was the first African American to travel in space
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.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
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.
1st- Yuri Gagarin, Soviet. 2nd- Alan Shepard, American. 3rd- Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, American. 4th- Gherman Titov, Soviet. Hoped this helped.
who was the first African American to travel in space
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.
The first American in space was Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first american to enter space
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
Edward Higgins White II, on June 3rd 1965 Spacecraft was Gemini 4.the astronaut John Bennett Herrington is the first native American to go ouside of the spacecraft for a walk in space.AnswerThe first American citizen to walk in space was Ed White during Gemini 4 on June 3 1965. White was later to die in the Apollo 1 fire.ed whiteAstronaut Edward H. White II was the first American to walk in space in 1965.
The first African American to travel in the space was Guion Bluford. He was however the second from African ancestry to travel in the space.