NASA's manned space of 50 anniversary

NASA commemorating the first manned space flight 50 anniversary, the first astronaut John Greene regrets, the U.S. astronauts to rely on the Russian rockets into space, "this is terrible."
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Feb. 20, 1962, the United States "the universe god" type rocket launch "friendship 7" th capsule, KaNaWeiLaErJiao launch from Florida, and the implementation of the "mercury" plan, the green into earth orbit, flight 3 laps, takes about five hours, realize the real first manned space flight. In discount nfl jerseys the same year May 24, astronaut Scott carpenter to fly around the second time.
American astronaut Alan shepard and eph, Jill, researchers in May 1961 and July successively into outer space, but not to fly around.
The first time the U.S. astronauts orbiting than the Soviet union recently in a flight. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin astronauts into space, a week around the earth.
Recall in a space flight competition, carpenter said, although the Soviet union beat the baseball hats astronauts into space, "mercury" plan to help the United States in the landing on the moon race to win.
The 1980 s, the United States depends on the space shuttle astronauts into space. However, George w. bush as the US President, the decision to suspend the space shuttle program. Last July, the space shuttle Atlantis arrives after complete mission, the space shuttle all retired.
At present, the U.S. astronauts to the international space station depend on Russian rockets.
Green said: "we now have to conclude an agreement with Russia... I think this is terrible. I hope we do now, with some effort, can make our own success of the vehicle."
The United States going to future astronauts aboard American folk to the spacecraft of the enterprise development into space. The U.S. space exploration technology company planned for this year march launch to the international space station first commercial aircraft.
Carpenter says: "I and John in the space agency for the country in the world, eyes, the United States is the positive enterprising countries. However, due to various reasons, in other countries, it seems to us now and that year instead."
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