First Man In Space Rocket

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.
First man in space rocket. 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. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and. Yuri gagarin was the first person to fly in space.
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