To: sodpoodle
One of the great American legends.
He wasn’t the first man in space but he was the first American in space.
Together with Yuri Gargarin, they blazed man’s path to the heavens.
John Glenn will be sadly missed. RIP.
48 posted on
12/08/2016 12:36:14 PM PST by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: goldstategop
The first American in space was Alan Shepard.
64 posted on
12/08/2016 12:41:23 PM PST by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: goldstategop
He wasn’t the first man in space but he was the first American in space.
He was the 1st American to orbit the earth, Al Shepard was the 1st American in space.
82 posted on
12/08/2016 12:48:44 PM PST by
ratzoe
(damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
To: goldstategop
“but he was the first American in space.”
No, no. Navy Captain Alan Shepherd was the first American in space - if you want to discount the many X - 15 flights which made it to the fringes of space.
To: goldstategop
Actually he was the third in space behind Sheppard and Grissom. He was the first American to orbit.
131 posted on
12/08/2016 1:06:07 PM PST by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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