space travel

[gwinearman]

1 who was the next american in space after Alan Shepherd.
2 what year did man first fly around the moon .Thank you
Also thanks to shaking, Sir Alec , slaney,and paddywak for their help last
night .

[taize]

Virgil (Gus) Grissom ?

[shaking]

thought it was jim lovell but needs checking

[taize]

Frank Lovell - space 4 timer!

Gemini 7 and Gemini 12 missions with Frank Borman and Buzz Aldrin, respectively

Command Module Pilot and Navigator aboard Apollo 8, the lunar orbiting mission that made Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders the first humans to escape the Earth's gravity

and, of course Apollo 13!

[taize]

On May 5th 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Gus closely followed Shepard as the second American in space on July 21 1961 onboard Mercury-Atlas 4 (Liberty Bell 7)

http://everything2.com/e2node/Virgil%2520%2522 Gus%2522%2520Grissom

[taize]

Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was launched at 7:51:00 a.m. EST on December 21, 1968

The Apollo 8 mission took 7 days and included 10 orbits around the Moon

Crew -
Frank Borman
Jim Lovell
William Anders