On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
was launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space
capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel
into space.
The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached
a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The view from Freedom 7.
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