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Copyright © 2003-2007 Davide De Martin. All photos are courtesy by NASA, unless noted.

 
NASA ID: MSFC-6100884

Mission: Mercury-Redstone 3

Taken/released on: 5/5/1961

 

Liftoff of the Mercury-Redstone 3

The launch of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3), Freedom 7. MR-3 placed the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in suborbit on May 5, 1961.


 
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Image last modify: 1/5/2004
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