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Mercury-Redstone Launch

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 manned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.

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Title: Mercury-Redstone Launch

Caption: 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 manned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.

Personalities: ALAN SHEPARD

Category: SCIENCE • Astronomy & Space

Credit: Album / NASA/Science Source

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Image size: 2578 × 3000 px | 22.1 MB

Print size: 21.8 × 25.4 cm | 1015.0 × 1181.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALAN SHEPARD • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • FREEDOM 7 • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • LAUNCH • LIFT OFF • LIFT-OFF • LIFTOFF • LOD 61C-884 • MERCURY PROGRAM • MERCURY REDSTONE • MERCURY-REDSTONE • MOTORBOAT • MR-3 • MSFC-6100884 • NASA • OUTERSPACE • POWERBOAT • ROCKET SHIP • ROCKET • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SHEPARD • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE PROGRAM • SPACE • SPATIAL • SPEEDBOAT • TAKEOFF