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launch of Freedom 7

launch of Freedom 7

1961. launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5.
Photo credit: NASA GRIN Image # : 61C-0883

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