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MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS SPACECRAFT CREW LAUNCH RETURN DURATION REMARKS Vostok 1 (USSR) Yuri Gagarin 12-Apr-61 12-Apr-61 1h:48m First manned space flight (1 orbit). Mercury-Redstone 3 (USA) Alan Shepard 5-May-61 5-May-61 15m:22s First American in space (suborbital). Freedom 7. Mercury-Redstone 4 (USA) Virgil Grissom 21-Jul-61 21-Jul-61 15m:37s Second suborbital flight; spacecraft sank, Grissom rescued. Liberty Bell 7. Vostok 2 (USSR) Gherman Titov 6-Aug-61 7-Aug-61 1d:01h:18m First flight longer than 24 hours (17 orbits). Mercury-Atlas 6 (USA) John Glenn 20-Feb-62 20-Feb-62 04h:55m First Am