First Person In Space
Was an american naval officer and aviator aeronautical engineer test pilot and one of the original seven astronauts chosen for project mercury united states first effort to put humans in space.
First person in space. Walter marty wally schirra jr. Michael james mike adams may 5 1930 november 15 1967 maj usaf was an american aviator aeronautical engineer and usaf astronaut. He was the first american space mission fatality according to the united states definition.
On that day in 1961 russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin left on the way to the launch pad became the first human in space making a 108 minute orbital flight in his vostok 1 spacecraft. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space. His flight on april 12 1961 lasted 108 minutes as he circled the earth for a little more than one orbit in the soviet union s vostok.
Yuri gagarin the first person in space and in orbit. Date of space flight. First human in space april 12 1961.
Riding on the soviet vostok 1 yuri gagarin becomes the first man in space. Soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin becomes the first man in space on april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel. 7 walter marty schirra jr.
Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space. From cape canaveral florida navy commander alan bartlett shepard jr. There was a key onboard in a sealed envelope in case of emergency.
In case spaceflight caused gagarin to behave strangely the craft s controls were locked. He reached 266 000 ft 50 4 miles 81 1 km. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961.