First mission to put an American astronaut in space Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MERCURY First mission to put an American astronaut in space (7)
3% ANNA Astronaut ___ Lee Fisher, the first mother to fly into space (4) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
3% NEIL Astronaut Armstrong (4) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
3% GUS Astronaut Grissom (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 1, 2025
3% GLENN John -, first American astronaut to orbit the earth (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Aug 19, 2025
3% ALANSHEPARD *First American astronaut to travel in space (11) Universal Jul 8, 2024
3% ALAN Astronaut Shepard, first American in space (4) New York Times Mar 18, 2020
3% SKYLAB First mission to put an American space station in orbit (6)
2% DIPLOMAT Person with a mission (8) Wall Street Journal Nov 6, 2025
2% BLACKOP Covert mission, familiarly (7) New York Times Nov 2, 2025
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