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Alan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Florida on May 5, 1961. Ten years later, Shepard would leave Earth's atmosphere again to become the fifth man to walk on the moon â and the first one to play golf there.
Credit: Matt Cardy Getty Images News Getty Images. Valentina Tereshkova, a cosmonaut from the former Soviet Union, became the first woman in space in 1963. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as she flew in the Challenger space shuttle in 1983. The first individual to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong. As of 2014, the last person to walk on the moon was Eugene Cernan, commander of the U.S. Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Learn more about US History.