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Mercury Project

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. lifts off in the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft on May 5, 1961. This third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsille, Alabama, was the first marned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.

Date
1961-05-05
Collection
MSFC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Mercury Project" (1961-05-05). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/6414825

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