Charles A. Lindbergh took off on May 20, 1927 from Roosevelt Field near New York. He was flying a plane named The Spirit of St. Louis. A little less than 34 hours later, he landed in Le Bourget Field...
Gemini 1Actually it would be either Freedom 7 (Mercury) or Apollo 14. Alan Shepard never flew during the Gemini program. He was grounded at that time by an inner-ear condition called Meniere's...