President Dwight Eisenhower commissioned the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958 which succeeded the National Advisory Comittee for Aeronautics. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space on April 12, 1961. 1 month later, American Alan Shepard became the second person to become suborbital, which he accomplished inside the Freedom 7 space capsule. American Gus Grissom piloted the next suborbital flight on July 21, 1961. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshk...
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