First American In Space 1961
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And the second person to enter space.
First american in space 1961. May 1961 first us man entered space. Became the first american in space on may 5 1961 when he was launched aboard mercury redstone 3. His 15 minute flight dubbed freedom 7 was watched by.
He was almost the first man in space but his flight was 23 days after the russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin made a single orbit of. Right headed to launch blasted off in his freedom 7 capsule atop a mercury redstone rocket left. 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.
While he wasn t the first huan on may 5 1961 alan shepard jr. He was the first person from the u s. The first american in space was alan b.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s the two superpowers raced to become the first country to put a man in space and return him to earth. Nasa was established in 1958 to keep u s. About a month later alan shepard jr.
November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman. However as an extension of project mercury which put the first american in space in 1961 gemini laid the groundwork for the more dramatic apollo lunar missions which began in 1968. He named his spacecraft the freedom 7 and his 15 and a half minute flight was watched by millions of americans on tv.
It was a huge blow to american pride especially since nasa had been attempting to do the same for almost half a decade. In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. Ten years later shepard.
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