1st American In Space

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.
1st american in space. Unlike gagarin however his craft did not achieve orbit. See photos from white s historic spacewalk. The first american in space not to be outdone the united states worked to get their astronaut into space. 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.
Just 23 days after yuri gagarin of the soviet union became the first person in space nasa launched astronaut alan shepard aboard the freedom 7 capsule powered by a redstone booster to. His 15 minute sub orbital flight made him the first american in space. November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman. Nasa astronaut ed white became the first american astronaut to walk in space on june 3 1965 during the gemini 4 mission.
Alexei leonov joint 17th in space and first to perform an eva. Ten years later shepard. Back to gallery during the gemini 4 mission on june 3 1965 ed white became the first american to conduct a spacewalk. On june 3 1965 120 miles above the earth major edward h.
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. The first american to fly was alan shepard and he took his ride aboard mercury 3 on may 5 1961. Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space.
In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. Rear admiral alan bartlett shepard jr. John young 19th person in space first to fly solo around the moonand first to command a space shuttle. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space.