The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who spent 15 minutes in a sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961.
No wife of a US President has yet gone into space.
The first US man in space was John Glen in Friendship 7. He orbitted the earth in space but never went out into space. But the first man technically considered to be put in space by the US was Alan Shepard aboard the Freedom 7 on a sub-orbital flight. Hope this helps.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.
Yes, the first animal to go to space, a dog named Laika, did not survive the mission. She died a few hours after launch due to overheating and stress.
April 12, 1961 when a Russian, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to get into space.
The Americans went first in space if manned it was in 1961 and Alan. B. Shepherd was the astronaut.
No wife of a US President has yet gone into space.
Russia was the first in space where they went around the earth a few times but USA was the first on the moon. The first to send three into space though, was the USA.
yes, of course, the first animal that went to space was monkey.
The first time the space shuttle went into orbit was April 12th, 1981
the first soviet who went to space in 1961 was alaxeyevich gagarin.
Sputnik
The first US man in space was John Glen in Friendship 7. He orbitted the earth in space but never went out into space. But the first man technically considered to be put in space by the US was Alan Shepard aboard the Freedom 7 on a sub-orbital flight. Hope this helps.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was the first woman in space
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.
Neil Armstrong went to the moon, just to eat Space Ice Cream
They went into outer space in 1973