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Launch of Freedom 7, the first American in space

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-mer03-20000

Image Size 300 DPI: 16 * 21 cm

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 . May 05 1961.

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1961 - CAPE CANAVERAL - FLORIDA - FREEDOM 7 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MERCURY - MERCURY-REDSTONE 3 - ROCKET - SHEPARD ALAN - SPACE CENTER -