1st American In Space
First american in space on may 5 1961 mercury astronaut alan b.
1st american in space. On february 5 1971 alan shepard the first american in space became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon as part of the apollo 14 lunar landing mission. The first american to fly was alan shepard and he took his ride aboard mercury 3 on may 5 1961. Right headed to launch blasted off in his freedom 7 capsule atop a mercury redstone rocket left.
His 15 minute sub orbital flight made him the first american in space. Rear admiral alan bartlett shepard jr. November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman.
In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. On june 3 1965 120 miles above the earth major edward h. John young 19th person in space first to fly solo around the moonand first to command a space shuttle.
Alan shepard became the first american in space when the freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from cape canaveral florida on may 5 1961 aboard a mercury redstone rocket. Edt on the third orbit when white opened the hatch and used the hand held manuevering oxygen jet gun to push himself out of the capsule. Back to gallery during the gemini 4 mission on june 3 1965 ed white became the first american to conduct a spacewalk.
Just 23 days after yuri gagarin of the soviet union became the first person in space nasa launched astronaut alan shepard aboard the freedom 7 capsule powered by a redstone booster to. Unlike gagarin however his craft did not achieve orbit. Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space.
Ten years later shepard. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space. The spacewalk started at 3 45 p m.