50 Years Ago: Alan Shepard, First American in Space

MAY 05 1961 · 00:36

Presented by http://collectSPACE.com -- The Source for Space History and Artifacts. On May 5, 1961, Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. made history, becoming the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight in his Freedom 7 caspsule. Credit: NASA