07-08-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Scarecrow
I remember when the first Mercury ship went straight up and came right back down. That was the first time man had been in space. And now it all seems to be over.
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He was the first American in space, although there's an argument that Scott Crossfield beat him in the X-15.
An almost unknown Russian by the name of Yuri Gagarin beat Al Shepard jr into space, and he did a full orbit.
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