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Freedom 7 / Unidentified photographer

Launch of Freedom 7

May 5, 1961

Vintage photograph with black NASA MSC number “S-61-3159” and NASA MSC caption on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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The MR 3 Liftoff -
The Redstone powered “Freedom 7” spacecraft carried Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., on a ballistic flight path reaching a peak altitude of 115 miles and a downrange distance of 302 miles. The flight was successful.

From NASA caption.

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