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Liftoff - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3
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S62-01151 (5 May 1961) --- The liftoff of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., whose portrait is in inset. Shepard went on a 15-minute sub-orbital flight. The spacecraft was designated the ?Freedom? 7.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLiftoff - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3. NASA/JSC, 1962-01-01. Public domain. ID: S62-01151.
