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May 5, 2011 02:07 pm PDT

50 years of US spaceflight: Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961

Image above, NASA. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut. In this image, he is shown being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown. The flight carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles. Below, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement today, Thursday, May 5, 2011, about the 50th anniversary of United States human spaceflight....


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