And it took the Americans almost another year to achieve an orbital flight
But they did learn some things
In addition, due to the lessons learnt from the previous two manned flights, MA-6 was the first American spaceflight to include a dedicated urine collection device
It wasn’t even orbital. It was a 15-minute suborbital flight which is even more embarrassing.
And it took the Americans almost another year to achieve an orbital flight
But they did learn some things
The yanks took trucker culture to space
First person in orbit: Yuri Gagarin
Second person in orbit: Gherman Titov
Amerikkka took third place in a one on one race