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X-15
Actually, while the X-15 WAS technically the first US craft to enter space (it flew higher than 50 statute miles on several occasions) it only carried one pilot. The first US spacecraft to carry more than one astronaut was Gemini 3, launched on March 23rd, 1965 and crewed by commander V. I. "Gus" Grissom and pilot John W. Young.
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What was the name of the spacecraft in which three American astronauts flew in at the same time in outer space?
It is called the Apollo spacecraft.
What are the names of the spacecraft that bonnie dunbar the astronaut flew?
the answer is the space shuttle challenger
First female American astronaut?
The first female astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova and she was from the Soviet Union.
What is the name of the spacecraft Alan Shepard flew in?
Gemini 1 Actually it would be either Freedom 7 (Mercury) or Apollo 14. Alan Shepard never flew during the Gemini program. He was grounded at that time by an inner-ear condition called Meniere's Disease.
Name of the first person to reach space?
Astronaut is the term the US uses for a person who goes into space, cosmonaut is the Russian term.The first astronaut to fly into space was Alan Shepard, who flew the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. However, the first person to fly in space was Yuri Gagarin, who orbited the earth three times on April 12, 1961. Although this was 23 days before Shepard's flight, since Gagarin flew on Soviet spacecraft he was a cosmonaut, not an astronaut.
The first American in space flew in this spacecraft.?
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
What was Alan Shepard's spacecraft named?
He first flew the Mercury spacecraft in 1961 then Apollo 14 in 1971.
Who was the first americanin space?
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who flew aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961.
What was the name of the spacecraft in which three American astronauts flew in at the same time in outer space?
It is called the Apollo spacecraft.
When did john glenn first go to space and on what spacecraft?
On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 spacecraft becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
Who was the first American in Outer Space?
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
Who was the second American to go into space?
The second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
Where was the first man is space launched?
Major Yuri Gagarin flew in the Russian spacecraft in 1961.
What was the first winged spacecraft?
The first winged spacecraft was the Space Shuttle, developed and operated by NASA. The Space Shuttle made its first orbital flight in 1981 and was used for various missions, including transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
What is the name of the spacecraft Yuri Gagarin made in the first human space flight in 1961?
The spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin flew in for the first human space flight in 1961 was called Vostok 1.
When did the first woman go into space?
USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (born March 6, 1937) was the first woman in space. She flew the Vostok 6 spacecraft on a three-day flight, June 16-18, 1963.The first female American astronaut, and third woman in space, was Sally Kristen Ride, who flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger in June, 1983.
Who was the first american to orbit the earth flew in this spacecraft?
John Glenn orbited in Friendship-7 in 1962 .
