Manned Space Missions

In the spring of 1967 nasa s associate administrator for manned space flight dr.
Manned space missions. Following the launch the crew 1 astronauts are scheduled to arrive at the space station for a six month science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. Cosmonaut yuri garagin became the first human in space. Liu yang first chinese woman in space. Vostok 1 ussr kedr cedar april 12 1961.
Performed china s first manned rendezvous and docking. The ussr launched the first human in space yuri gagarin into a single orbit in vostok 1 on a vostok 3ka rocket on 12 april 1961. Mission country craft launch date crew mission highlights. Alan shepard became the first american in space during a fifteen minute sub orbital flight.
The launch of the apollo missions precipitated an american triumph in the space race and was a major first in space exploration. Mercury 4 usa liberty bell 7. This mission is where things really got going as it marked the first time a manned space mission left earth s orbit orbited the moon and came back safely. Humans can cope with difficult conditions and carry out movements that no robot would be capable of.
On july 20 1969 neil armstrong and edwin buzz aldrin became the. Mueller announced that the mission originally scheduled for grissom white and chaffee would be known as apollo 1 and said that the first saturn v launch scheduled for november 1967 would be known as apollo 4. First manned mission to tiangong 1. Jing haipeng becomes china s first repeat astronaut.
It was also the first time humans saw with their own little eyes the dark side of the moon and earth as a whole planet. The us launched its first astronaut alan shepard on a suborbital flight aboard freedom 7 on a mercury redstone rocket on 5 may 1961. Mercury 3 usa freedom 7. The ability of humans to directly view and interact with the environment of space brings advantages and disadvantages.
Nasa is in the final stages of the data reviews needed ahead of certification following the agency s spacex demo 2 test flight launched in may 30 and returned on august 2 this year.