First Space Flight

His 15 minute flight dubbed freedom 7 was watched by.
First space flight. But on april 12 1961 the soviets successfully launch yuri gagarin into orbit. He circles earth in 108 minutes and lands safely. First space flights nasa had hoped that one of its astronauts would be the first human in space. Mercury america s first human space flight program introduced the nation to its first astronauts.
Became the first american in space on may 5 1961 when he was launched aboard mercury redstone 3. Two american astronauts embarked on the first manned mission to outer space from u s. About a month later alan shepard jr. He was the first person from the u s.
And the second person to enter space. Sends astronaut alan shepard into space. In april 1961 gagarin was the first man in space and his spacecraft vostok 1 made a full orbit before returning to earth. Less than one month later shepard was launched into space aboard freedom.
Alan shepard piloted his freedom 7 mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. During the shuttle era six orbiters were built all of which flown in the atmosphere and five of which flown in space.