First Astronaut In Space

Ten years later shepard.
First astronaut in space. 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. In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. Yuri gagarin the first person in space and in orbit. Alan shepard the first american and the second person in space.
Rear admiral alan bartlett shepard jr. Alan shepard became the first american in space when the freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from florida on may 5 1961. The first crime committed in space. Valentina tereshkova the first woman and 12th person in space.
Ten years later shepard would leave earth s atmosphere again to become the. 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. Newspapers like the huntsville times right trumpeted gagarin s accomplishment. 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 mercury project suffered some early setbacks however and on april 12 1961 soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin orbited earth in the world s first manned space flight. Alexei leonov joint 17th in space and first to perform an eva. Now another astronaut may have taken another giant leap for mankind. Less than one month later on.
November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman.