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Alan Shepard launch, " First american in space " Pad-5, Cape Canaveral, May 5, 1961
( AP ) press agency, REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. Alan Shepard, MR-3 integral mission with CAM. May 5 1961: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFkcN-g6EE8 Alan Shepard " Launch ", LIVE on TV at NBC, (Mercury / Redstone rocket), May 5, 1961 VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc0ccOmcPno Alan Shepard, First American in Space, ABC news coverage, May 5, 1961 VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qjjk6THiJ4 Alan Shepard: "Ambassador of Exploration", Mercur...
A Navy frogman astride Mercury-Atlas 8 caspule flotation collar to secure tow line for recovery by U.S.S. Kearsarge.
Close up view of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Sigma 7 capsule being lowered to recovery ships deck. Navy personnel remove the floatation device before opening the capsule.
Mercury/Redstone (MR-2), January 1961
NASA INFO: Mission: Mercury-Redstone 2 Launch Pad: LC-5 Vehicle: Redstone (3) Crew: Ham the Chimp January 31, 1961 - Launch Complex 5/6 Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Freedom 7 with Astronaut Alan B. Shepard aboard lifts off to put America in the manned space flight game [948x1200]
November 21st - on this day in 1960, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched (or at least tried to launch) the first Mercury-Redstone uncrewed flight test in Project Mercury, Mercury-Redstone 1.
Mercury spacecraft (MR-1), 1959
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Mercury/Redstone (MR-2), January 1961
Mercury/Redstone (MR-2), January 1961
Alan Shepard launch, " First american in space " Pad-5, Cape Canaveral, May 5, 1961
A close up of the MA-6 spacecraft and Escape tower atop the Mercury Atlas 109D booster. Friendship 7