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John Watts Young.
Gemini 3 as pilot and Gemini 10 as commander; Apollo 10 as CM pilot and Apollo 16 as commander; STS (Shuttle) 1 and STS-9, both as commander--for a total of 6 flights.
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∙ 8y agoIf you are excluding Soviet Cosmonauts, then: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and John Glenn. If you mean specifically Americans who went into orbit, then the first three were: John Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
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Who was the first female astronaut to fly twice in space?
Kathryn Thornton.
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.
Who was the first American astronaut to go up in space?
The first American to orbit the earth was astronaut John Glenn, the name of the spacecraft was a Mercury spacecraft. But it was called The Friendship 7.As there were 7 astronauts chosen in the first batch of astronauts.
What does a astronaut do in their career?
NO I am not. But would like to be this halloween. :)
Who was the first Canadian to go to outer space?
Marc Garneau was the first Canadian astronaut in space. ( This was a question on my history test today)In 1984 Marc Garneau became the first Canadian to fly on a NASA mission to space.Marc Garneau, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, was born in Québec, PQ, in February of 1949. He's been on three shuttle missions. Wikipedia has particulars, and a link is provided.The first Canadian astronaut was Mark Garneau. He was blasted into space 25 years agoin 1987
What is the name of the first astronaut that flew in space?
The name of the first astronaut to fly in space was Alan .b. Shepard.
Who was the first female astronaut to fly twice in space?
Kathryn Thornton.
Who first fly to the outer space cosmonaut or astronaut?
The first man in space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Who were the first astronants?
The name of the first American astronaut to fly in space is Alan. B. Shepherd.
What is the job an astronaut?
a man who fly's into space to work on space exploration.
How often do astronauts fly into space?
Astronauts currently work in six month shifts on the international space station. A single astronaut might fly only once in his career. Others, however, have flown as many as five or six times! (Astronaut training is expensive.)
What was John Glenn?
John Glenn (1921-2016) was a Marine fighter pilot, a test pilot, an astronaut, and a US Senator from Ohio. He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth (1962) and the oldest astronaut to fly in space (Space Shuttle 1998, age 77).
Which was the last astronaut to fly alone in space?
ron Brian Binnie.
Who was the first male to fly the space shuttle?
It's a tie. The first shuttle to fly into space was Columbia during mission STS-1. The commander was veteran astronaut John Young and he was assisted by the rookie pilot Robert Crippen.
What is a kind of career related to space and what are the duties of that position?
Astronaut- You fly around space with a big space hat on.
What important contributions did Sally Ride make to society?
Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to fly in space - aboard the space shuttle Challenger.+1closeclosepinpinsearchminimizeforwardbackViewTextzoomoutzoominzoomin
Who was the first Australian born astronaut?
Philip Kenyon Chapman While Chapman is the first Australian to train as an astronaut, he did not fly in space. That honour goes to Paul Scully Power, who flew on the STS-41 mission in 1984.
