File:Mercury-Redstone 3 Liftoff MSFC-6414825.jpg

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Description	English: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. lifts off in the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft on May 5, 1961. Mercury-Redstone 3, the fourth successful flight of the Mercury-Redstone vehicle developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, was the first manned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute sub-orbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.
Date	5 May 1961
Source	Marshall Space Flight Center's Marshall Image Exchange, http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1725.
Author	NASA

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