In 1957, he made the first nonstop supersonic flight across the United States, flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes. Glenn was preceded in space by two Americans, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I. âGusâ Grissom, and two Soviets, Yuri A. Gagarin and Gherman S. Titov. In April 1961, Gagarin was the first man in space, and his spacecraft Vostok 1 made a full orbit before returning to Earth. Less than one month later, Shepard was launched into space aboard Freedom 7 on a suborbital flight. In July, Grissom made another brief suborbital flight aboard Liberty Bell 7.
Most customers will spend between $700 and $2,800 for a mid-quality heat pump, not including labor costs. Depending on the brand, model and installation factors like drilling or excavation, this can take the cost up to $9,000.
Total Cost of Heat Pump Installation. Adding up the numbers, your heat pump with installation might cost as little as $2,000 or as much as $11,000. The average cost of a new heat pump installed in 2012 will run a total of $6,625.. The Size or Capacity of the Heat Pump: The larger the heat pump is, the more it will cost, within the same brand and series. They are built in whole-ton and half-ton sizes from 1.5 ton to 5.0 ton capacity for residential installation.