He was a Vietnamese guy named Pham Tuan.
The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.
She was the first woman in space, in 1963.
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The Americans went first in space if manned it was in 1961 and Alan. B. Shepherd was the astronaut.
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
The name of the first astronaut to fly in space was Alan .b. Shepard.
Astronaut Yuri Gagarian
Pedro Duque was the first astronaut in space.
Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was the first person in space in 1961. The first Asian person in space was Japanese astronaut Toyohiro Akiyama, who flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz TM-11 mission in 1990.
Alan Shepard was the first US astronaut and the second person in space.
The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.
The first African Canadian astronaut was Dr. Roberta Bondar. She flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1992, becoming the first neurologist in space and the first Canadian woman to travel to space.
She was the first woman in space, in 1963.
The first black astronaut was Guion Bluford, who was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1978 and became the first black person to travel in space in 1983 as a crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
He was Mr.Yuri Gagarin from the Russia.