File:Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch.jpg

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English: Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch—1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes.
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current00:47, 20 May 20092,678 × 4,096 (1.35 MB)Colin Douglas HowellLarger, higher resolution, less cropped. From [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1076.html NASA Image of the Day Gallery page for May 5, 1961] ([http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/225750main_1076_full_full.jpg] image file).
15:53, 6 October 20081,600 × 1,200 (193 KB)Elipongo{{Information |Description={{en|1=Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch—1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight
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