Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
The name of the Space Capsule that carried the first American to space was "Freedom 7." It was piloted by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
Gus Grissom became the second American to travel into space after Alan Shepard. He piloted the Liberty Bell 7 capsule on July 21, 1961 as part of the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission.
Alan Shepard flew in the Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft, which was also known as Freedom 7.
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.
The capsule in the Mercury space program was designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. It was known as the Mercury spacecraft, or "Freedom 7" for the first manned flight with Alan Shepard in 1961.
The name of the Space Capsule that carried the first American to space was "Freedom 7." It was piloted by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
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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.
Gus Grissom became the second American to travel into space after Alan Shepard. He piloted the Liberty Bell 7 capsule on July 21, 1961 as part of the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission.
Alan Shepard flew in the Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft, which was also known as Freedom 7.
Alan Shepard was the first American to travel to space. He made his historic flight aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961 as part of the Mercury program.
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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