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29 de mai. de 2024 · Ed Dwight told himself the same story for decades: It didn’t matter that he never made it into space. Dwight was the first Black man selected for an American astronaut-training program in 1962.
- Ben Brasch
Há 3 dias · When the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 18, 1983, Ride became the first American woman to fly in space, and the third woman overall. She also became the youngest American astronaut in space, although there had been younger cosmonauts.
30 de mai. de 2024 · Dwight was an aeronautical engineer, a captain in the US Air Force and at test pilot school in 1961 when he received a letter from the Pentagon, authorised by President John F Kennedy, asking him...
6 de jun. de 2024 · Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (born November 18, 1923, East Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.—died July 21, 1998, Monterey, California) was the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 2 dias · This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space. This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
19 de jun. de 2024 · Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space. His Vostok 1 spacecraft orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles, bringing Gagarin immediate worldwide fame.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on this day in history, June 3, 1965. White, an engineer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, a test pilot and NASA...
