First American In Space
November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman.
First american in space. Not to be outdone the united states worked to get their astronaut into space. Ed white became the first american astronaut to walk in space on june 3 1965 during the gemini iv mission. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space.
Alexei leonov joint 17th in space and first to perform an eva. His 15 minute flight dubbed freedom 7 was watched by. 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.
Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space. About a month later alan shepard jr. First american in space.
Right headed to launch blasted off in his freedom 7 capsule atop a mercury redstone rocket left. The first american in space. Back to gallery during the gemini 4 mission on june 3 1965 ed white became the first american to conduct a spacewalk.
Rear admiral alan bartlett shepard jr. 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. In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon.
Unlike gagarin however his craft did not achieve orbit. 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. The first american to fly was alan shepard and he took his ride aboard mercury 3 on may 5 1961.