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May 5, 1961: First Astronaut in Space

PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:39 pm
by RichieB16
Although disappointed that they had failed to place the first man in space (that title belongs to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who orbited the earth on 4/12/1961) NASA pushed to narrow the gap.

On May 5, 1961, they did just that.