MERCURY 4 - Freedom 7 - May 5, 1961 Vehicle: Mercury-Redstone 3. Crew: Alan B. Shepard. 1st manned suborbital flight by U.S.  

MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 2, 1961
Mercury 3 standing alone on pad with cherry picker near missile.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7
Portrait of Mercury 4 astronaut Alan Shepard.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - 1961
Mercury 4 astronaut Alan Shepard seen in space suit.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard seen during suit inflation test.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard looks up at Redstone rocket the morning of flight.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard is suited up in space suit prior to launch.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard is suited up in space suit prior to launch.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard is helped out of suit after historic Mercury flight.
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MERCURY 4 - FREEDOM 7 - July 16, 1961
Astronauts John Glenn, Alan B. Shepard, and Virgil I. Grissom chat before launch.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard peers out of capsule door prior to 'Freedom 7' flight.
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MERCURY 4-FREEDOM 7 - May 5, 1961
Astronaut Alan Shepard peers out of capsule door, just as it is closed,
prior to 'Freedom 7' flight.
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