Timeline: First Astronauts in Space

Aug 13, 1960

Introduction

Welcome to my timeline. I made my timeline about the first astronauts in space. In my timeline there are 10 events about different astronauts. Enough talking, let's go check out my timeline.

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was the very first person to go to space! WOW! He went to space on April 12th, 1961. My parents weren’t even alive then and they're old. He was the first Russian to go to space. Yuri was in space for only 1 hour and 48 minutes. While he was an astronaut, he was also a Soviet Air Force Pilot and a Cosmonaut.

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard was the second person to go to space. He went to space on May 5th, 1961. Alan was the first American to go to space. Alan was aboard Mercury 3 on his mission to space. He only flew 116 miles high before he came down. Sadly, his flight only lasted 15 and a half minutes.

Jul 21, 1961

Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom was the third person to go to space. He went to space on July 21st, 1961. Before Gus was an astronaut he was a pilot for the Korean War. Gus went to space 2 times. He was also 1 of 3 astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire.

Aug 6, 1961

Gherman Titov

Gherman Titov was the fourth person to go to space. He is the 2nd Russian to go to space. He went to space on August 6th, 1961. Gherman went to space when he was only 26 years old! He was the youngest person to go to space. He flew on Vostok 2 on his space mission.

Feb 20, 1962

John Glenn

John Glenn was the fifth person to go to space. He went to space on February 20th, 1962. He was aboard Friendship 7 that flew 17 000 miles per hour in space! John went to space twice. The second time he went to space he was 77 years old, the oldest person to go to space!

May 24, 1962

Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter was the sixth person in space. Scott only went to space once. He went to space on May 24th, 1962. He was aboard Aurora 7 on his mission to space. His mission was to prove that any astronaut could work in space.

Aug 11, 1962

Andrian Nikolayev

Andrien was the seventh person to go to space. He went to space twice. The first time he went to space was on August 11th, 1962. He was aboard Vostok 3. The second time he was aboard Soyuz 9. Andrian made a record of staying in space for 4 days!

Aug 12, 1962

Pavel Popovich

Pavel Popovich was the eighth person to go to space. He went to space twice. He went on August 12th, 1962 the first time, aboard Vostok 4. The second time he went in 1974, aboard Soyuz 14.

Oct 3, 1962

Walter Schirra

Walter Schirra was the ninth person to go to space. He went to space 3 times. The first flight he piloted Mercury 8 on October 3rd, 1962. His mission was to prove that astronauts could do different types of movements. The second time he went aboard Gemini 6 in 1965. The last time he went aboard Apollo 7 in 1968.

May 15, 1963

Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper was the tenth person in space. He was an air force pilot. He went to space twice. He was the first American to sleep in space. His first flight was aboard Gemini 5 on May 15th, 1963. That mission was to prove astronauts could stay in space for 8 days. It took him 8 days to get to the moon. Gordon was the last person to pilot Mercury missions in 1963.