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ASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - CAPE
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S61-01927 (5 May 1961) --- Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3), the United States' first manned spaceflight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, designated "Freedom 7". The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour (mph), reached an altitude of 116 1/2 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles downrange from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - CAPE. NASA/JSC, 1961-05-05. Public domain. ID: S61-01927.
