First American Rocket In Space
He named his spacecraft mercury spacecraft 7 freedom 7.
First american rocket in space. 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. 2004 us based first privately developed manned suborbital spaceflight spaceshipone demonstrates reusability. 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. 2008 spacex with their falcon 1 rocket became the first private. The first man to give hope to dreams of space travel is american robert h.
On may 5 1961 shepard piloted the mercury redstone 3 mission and became the second person and the first american to travel into space. First american in space on may 5 1961 mercury astronaut alan b. Ten years later shepard.