1. In 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier as a pilot flying in the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1. This effort later contributed to the Mercury Project and generally the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. In April 1961, the Soviet Union was first to have a human spaceflight. Shortly after the United States sent astronaut, Alan Shepard, who suborbital in space.

2. Chuck Yeager was the first man to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, as a pilot. The breaking of the sound barrier contributed the Project Mercury, the United States’ answer to the Soviet Unions’ space program.

3. A. Scott Carpenter was the first human ever to penetrate both inner and outer space. He served as a back-up pilot for John Glenn during preparation for America’s first manned orbital space flight. Carpenter flew the second manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. Carpenter contribution to America’s space program was helping to send a man onto the moon.......

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