First Us Man In Space

In april 1961 gagarin was the first man in space and his spacecraft vostok 1 made a full orbit before returning to earth.
First us man 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. 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. 1st american to orbit earth oldest man in space more coverage. The first cooperative human space flight project between the united states and the soviet union took place in 1975.
He became part of the mercury. In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman. Less than one month later shepard was launched into space aboard freedom.
America s first orbital spaceflight at 50 the first american to orbit the. Ten years later shepard. In april 1959 glenn was selected as a project mercury astronaut.