Alan Shepard – Ambassador of Exploration
May 5, 2011
On May 5, 1961, Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. made history, becoming the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight in his Freedom 7 capsule. credit: NASA
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Disaster Accident, Mercury program, Space exploration, Human spaceflight, Business Finance, Environment, Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 10, Mercury-Redstone 3, Alan Shepard, Spaceflight, Alan B. Shepard , Jr., Ambassador, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mercury astronaut