Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The first American in space was:

  1. Neil Armstrong

  2. Yuri Gagarin

  3. Alan Sheppard

  4. John Glenn
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Explanation

Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, during the Freedom 7 mission. Yuri Gagarin was Soviet (first human in space). John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon.

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