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Space Program1961-1962

By joshua2013
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    1961-1962

  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space

    Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space. The Vostok 1 spacecraft made one complete orbit around Earth in 108 minutes, and reached altitudes of 112 to 203 miles. The flight lasted for only one hour and 48 minutes.
  • First American in Space

    First American in Space

    Mercury Freedom 7 takes Alan B. Shepard,Jr.in a suborbital flight. He becomes the first person from the U.S. in space.
  • First Day-Long Soviet Space Flight

    First Day-Long Soviet Space Flight

    Vostok 2 is launched by theSoviet Union, carrying Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, the first day-long Soviet space flight.
  • First American in Orbit

    First American in Orbit

    Mercury Friendship 7 takes off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times.
  • First Live Satellite Tranatlantic Telecast

    First Live Satellite Tranatlantic Telecast

    Telstar 1, U.S. satellite, beams the first live transatlantic telecast.
  • First Successful Planetary Spacecraft

    First Successful Planetary Spacecraft

    U.S. Mariner 2 is the first successful planetary spacecraft.It flies past Venus, and enters a solar orbit.