60 Years of Human Spaceflight: Launching The First American into Space

Name: 60 Years of Human Spaceflight: Launching The First American into Space
Uploaded: 2021-05-05T12:00:00+00:00
Duration: 181 s
Description: Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. launched on the Freedom 7 mission, powered by a Mercury-Redstone rocket to become the first American in space. Shepard's flight lasted 15 minutes, 22 seconds. He later made it to the Moon on Apollo 14.

MAY 05 2021 · 12:00

Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. launched on the Freedom 7 mission, powered by a Mercury-Redstone rocket to become the first American in space. Shepard's flight lasted 15 minutes, 22 seconds. He later made it to the Moon on Apollo 14.

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