Freedom 7
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
President William Clinton
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
Alan Shepard was the first American citizen in space. His ship, the Freedom 7, was launched on a sub-orbital ballistic trajectory and safely recovered on May 5, 1961.
Alan Shepard, not to be confused with Alan Shepherd (who was a British motorcyclist), was in space for 216 hours and 57 minutes.
The first American in space was Alan Shepard, who spent 15 minutes in a sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961.
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.
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a suborbital flight.
May 5th, 1961.
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
Alan B Shepard was the first American to fly in space onboard Freedom 7 on May 5th 1961.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space, going on a short, sub-orbital flight on 5 May 1961.