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First billionaire in space, orbital space; first space tourist to the International Space Station [3] [1] [4] Mark Shuttleworth: Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (Soyuz TM-34/TM-33) 25 April 2002: 2 May 2002: First insured space tourist; First South African, first person from Africa in space, orbital space; second space tourist to the International ...
First Man into Space is a 1959 independently made British-American [1] [2] black-and-white science fiction-horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards, and Robert Ayres. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamated Films and was distributed by Metro ...
The program was the first program to put humans into space, with Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1. [79] Gherman Titov became the first person to stay in orbit for a full day on August 7, 1961, aboard the Vostok 2 . [ 80 ]
[1] Lee was a mission specialist on his third flight, mission STS-64, running from September 9–20, 1994. During this flight, he logged 6 hours and 51 minutes of EVA to test a self-rescue jetpack, undertook the first untethered spacewalk in 10 years and deployed and retrieved a solar science satellite.
Young Peter Sills accompanies crews of first manned spaceflight, Moonbeam III mission to build humanity's first space station, and first manned lunar landing. The Cow flies around Moon; Moon Ships I, II and III land in Bay of Rainbows near Sea of Rains, where crews build moon base. [170] [171] [172] Bernard Quatermass, Prof. Leo Pugh, Dr.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.
"Man in Space" is an episode of the American television series Disneyland which originally aired March 9, 1955 on ABC. [1] It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball . This Disneyland episode (set in Tomorrowland ), was narrated partly by Kimball and also by such scientists Willy Ley , [ 2 ] Heinz Haber , [ 2 ] and Wernher von Braun , [ 2 ...
First man in space. Vostok 2: 6 August 1961: 1 d 1 h 18 m: 7 August 1961: Gherman Titov: First crewed mission lasting a full day. Vostok 3: 11 August 1962: 3 d 22 h 22 m: 15 August 1962: Andriyan Nikolayev: First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 4: 12 August 1962: 2 d 22 h 56 m: 15 August 1962: Pavel Popovich: First ...