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Mercury Project
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Astronaut Alan Shepard fitted with space suit prior to the first marned suborbital flight. Freedom 7, carrying Astronaut Alan Shepard, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961. Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1961-01-01. Public domain. ID: 6417073.
