Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Mercury Spacecraft Freedom 7

Original Mercury Spacecraft Freedom 7, in which Alan B. Shepard, Jr., made the first United States manned-flight into space, May 5, 1961.  This sub-orbital flight blazed the trail for the earth-orbiting flights which were to follow.
Air an Space Building, Smithsonian Institution.  
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