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What is the second country to send a man or woman into space?

The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)


Who was the second US man in space?

The second American in space was Virgil Grissom, on the 21st of July, 1961. This was the second American 'suborbital' flight, where true space was entered, but the pilot did not make a full orbit of the planet.


What did America do in the space race?

They were the first to put a man on the moon; Neil Armstrong.


Who was the second man to travel into space?

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Is Captain America Spider-man's father?

No, they are friends but they are not related. And if they were, they would not as close as father and son, Spider-man is Peter Benjamin Parker and Captain America is Steve Rodgers. If Cap America was Spider-man's dad they would have the same second name.


Did America send a chimp or man first in space?

Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.


Was Buzz Aldrin first man in space?

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What do people know Alan Shepard for?

Alan Shepard is the second man to go in space and the first American.


Was Alan Shepard the first man in space?

No, Alan Shepard was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, but he did not achieve orbit.


What was the competition between the US and the Soviet Union was known as?

the Cold War was the second world war in america.


What was the signicance sputnik 1?

It was the first man made satellite in space, and it woke America up to the fact that they weren't the most technologically powerful society on earth. It also started the space race which landed a man on the moon.