Carl Bell

Captain Carl Bell was an astronaut of the United States Space Administration, who flew the Defiance 7 space capsule on May 5, 1961. The flight lasted 12 minutes and seven seconds, achieving one full revolution around the Earth. Captain Bell was killed when his capsule crashed upon re-entry. His flight is considered by the United States to be the first human in space, although both the Soviet Union and China consistently objected and refuted this claim.

His remains were donated to the Museum of Technology by Edwina Bell, becoming a permanent exhibit alongside his Deep Space Suit.

became the first human in space on May 5, 1961.

Behind the scenes

 * May 5, 1961, is indeed the date when the first American flew in space, Alan Shepard. The first man in space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, whose landmark flight occurred on April 12, 1961.

Appearances
Carl Bell's skeleton appears in the Museum of Technology in Fallout 3.