SpaceArchive.net | MSFC-6417078 - Mercury-Redstone 3


NASA ID: MSFC-6417078	Mission: Mercury-Redstone 3	Taken/released on: 5/5/1961

Shepard with Freedom 7 capsule

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft, launched atop a modified Redstone rocket developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange. (Source: MSFC)

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Alternative PhotoIDs: 0015H

Keywords: alan al shepard mercury redstone mr-3 freedom 7

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Image last modify: 28/11/2004

Credits: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center;

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