feb 20, 1962 - Mercury-Atlas 6 (20th Feb 1962)
Description:
Date: February 20th, 1962Who: USA
What: Spacecraft (Mercury No.13)
Mission: First Human American Spaceflight
Aim: First American in space
Key Figures: Mission lasted 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds, and travelled 121,793km
Success: Yes
Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 20, 1962
Now
~ 63 years ago