There were no human Mercury flights before Alan Shepard's, but, there were a few chimpanzee Mercury flights.
One such chimpanzee was named Ham. He named his Mercury Capsule "Banana 7."
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
Alan Shepard.
Freedom 7 was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury capsule when he became the First American and the second person to enter space on the 5th May 1961. In January 1971, Shepard returned to space aboard the Kitty Hawk Apollo 14 spacecraft which took him and his two fellow astronauts to the moon.
A Redstone rocket launched Alan Shepard's Mercury capsule into space on May 5, 1961. His flight lasted15 minutes 22 seconds. He reached an altitude of 116.5 miles.
The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
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Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
Mercury-Redstone 3, also known as Freedom 7, was launched by NASA on May 5, 1961. The mission lasted just 15 minutes 22 seconds, and Alan Shepard was the only person on the flight.
Alan Shepard.
Freedom 7 was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury capsule when he became the First American and the second person to enter space on the 5th May 1961. In January 1971, Shepard returned to space aboard the Kitty Hawk Apollo 14 spacecraft which took him and his two fellow astronauts to the moon.
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A Redstone rocket launched Alan Shepard's Mercury capsule into space on May 5, 1961. His flight lasted15 minutes 22 seconds. He reached an altitude of 116.5 miles.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American astronaut to fly in space on May 5, 1961, in a Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. Virgil I. Grissom, was the second American to fly in space on July 21, 1961 in a Mercury capsule named Liberty Bell 7. Both capsules were launched on Redstone rockets.
Alan Shepard's birth name is Shepard Jr., Alan Bartlett.
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