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THE SPACE PROGRAM The Early Years The Mercury Program Mercury 3 Mercury 4 Mercury 6 Mercury 7 Mercury 8 Mercury 9 The Gemini Program The Apollo Program Skylab Apollo-Soyuz The Shuttle Program Program Info Orbiter Info Mission Info The Space Station Background Assembly Dog Crews Mars Missions Art |
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Photo by Nasa
PHOTO: Shepard with Freedom-7 Capsule. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom-7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, the Freedom-7 Mercury spacecraft, launched atop a modified Redstone rocket developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange. |
