First Person To Go To Space
Yuri alekseyevich gagarin 9 march 1934 27 march 1968 was a soviet air forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space achieving a major milestone in the space race.
First person to go to space. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space. 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. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and.
Air force where he remained while assigned to nasa rising to the rank of colonel. Died in the apollo 1 disaster. 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.
On april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. Enter the answer length or the answer pattern to get better results. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961.
Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space. Before becoming an astronaut he was an officer in the u s. Yuri gagarin the first person in space and in orbit.
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Virgil gus grissom 1926 1967 first nasa astronaut to go into space twice. Alexei leonov joint 17th in space and first to perform an eva. Air force officer and fighter pilot and former nasa astronaut who is the first african american and the second person of african descent to go to space.