May 5, 2021

First American* in Space---60 years ago today


 

 

"Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. launched on the Freedom 7 mission, powered by a Mercury-Redstone rocket to become the first American in space. Shepard's flight lasted 15 minutes, 28 seconds. He later made it to the Moon on Apollo 14."

 

Watch a NASA video HERE

*In case you forgot, the Russians beat the U.S. to it.

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