Mercury-Redstone 3 Launch MR3-9
Summary
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch on May 5, 1961, carrying Alan Shepard on the first U.S. human space flight.
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Date
05/05/1961
Location
Source
NASA photograph, apparently part of same sequence as photos S61-02409 and S61-01908, but not listed on NASA photo archive sites.
Copyright info
Public Domain
