DescriptionAlan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch.jpg
English: Alan Shepard in capsule aboard
Freedom 7 before launch—1961
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes.
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Larger, higher resolution, less cropped. From [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1076.html NASA Image of the Day Gallery page for May 5, 1961] ([http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/225750main_1076_full_full.jpg] image file).
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Alan Shepard in capsule aboard
Freedom 7 before launch—1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight
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