Mercury Mission May 1961
Sept. 14, 2024
5 May 1961, 13:34:13.48 UTC, T plus 00:00:00.48 | This Day in Aviation May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in Spacesuit Before Mercury Launch - NASA 5 May 1961) --- Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission -- the first U.S. manned spaceflight Stock Photo - Alamy s61-02408 | S61-02408 (5 May 1961) --- Launching of the Merc… | Flickr Project Mercury - A Chronology. Part 3 (A) Alan Shepard Mercury Space Flight: Mission Control Center,… | Flickr | Mercury Mission May 1961
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