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It was the first crewed flight of Project Mercury. The project had the ultimate objective of putting an astronaut into orbit around the Earth and returning him safely. Shepard's mission was a 15-minute suborbital flight with the primary objective of demonstrating his ability to withstand the high g-forces of launch and atmospheric re-entry.
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on a suborbital flight three weeks later, on May 5, 1961. [138] John Glenn, the third Mercury astronaut to fly, became the first American to reach orbit on February 20, 1962, but only after the Soviets had launched a second cosmonaut, Gherman Titov, into a day-long flight in August 1961. [220]
First crewed sub-orbital spaceflight, first American in space 2 1961-07-21 Mercury-Redstone 4: Virgil Grissom United States: Second crewed sub-orbital spaceflight, second American in space 3 1963-07-19 X-15 Flight 90: Joseph A. Walker United States: First winged craft in space 4 1963-08-22 X-15 Flight 91: Joseph A. Walker United States
Chimpanzee Ham, who flew America's first suborbital space flight on Jan. 31, 1961, toasts NASA's anniversary by sampling a Skylab space drink on Oct. 01, 1973 at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Engle's third and last spaceflight, and final flight with X-15 program. First spaceflight of the X-15-1. — William H. Dana: 1 November 1966 X-15 Flight 174: Dana's first spaceflight. — William J. Knight: 17 October 1967 X-15 Flight 190: Knight's only spaceflight. Last successful flight of the X-15-3. — Michael J. Adams: 15 November 1967 X ...
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut.In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
1958 in spaceflight; ... Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958. ... Orbital and Suborbital flights
The Rutan-designed spacecraft won the $10 million Ansari X Prize for the achievement, after carrying three people into a suborbital spaceflight, the National Air and Space Museum said.