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Mercury-Red-stone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first crewed flight of Project Mercury. The project had the ultimate objective of putting an astronaut into orbit around the Earth and return him safely. Launch date: May 5, 1961 Rocket: Redstone MRLV MR-7 Landing date: May 5, 1961 Member: Alan Shepard Recovered by: USS Lake Champlain Manufacturer: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

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  • Mercury-Redstone 3 Launch MSFC-6100884

    Launch of MR-3 on May 5, 1961

  • Kennedy, Johnson, and others watching flight of Astronaut Shepard on television, 05 May 1961

    President Kennedy watching the flight on TV together with the First Lady, Vice President Johnson and others

  • Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch2

    Alan Shepard in Freedom 7 spacecraft before launch

  • Mercury-Redstone 3 - Earth observation - S61-01918

    Photo taken by 70 mm Earth-Sky Camera mounted on the spacecraft

  • Recovery of Alan B. Shepard

    HUS-1 helicopter from USS Lake Champlain recovering Alan Shepard from the Freedom 7 capsule

  • Shepard on Deck of Champlain after Recovery - GPN-2000-001362

    Alan Shepard on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain after recovery of Freedom 7

  • Freedom 7 U.S. Naval Academy

    Freedom 7 formerly on display at the U.S. Naval Academy (now displayed at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia)

  • Mr-3-patch-small

    Commemorative patch

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Mercury Redstone 3 para niños

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