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Astronaut Alan Shepard, seated, while technician checks his silver pressure suit

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Prior to First U.S. Crewed Suborbital Flight

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. during suiting for the first manned suborbital flight, MR-3 mission. The Freedom 7 spacecraft, carrying the first American, Astronaut Shepard and boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961.

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