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In this view from below, the Mercury-Redstone 3 space vehicle shines in the morning sun as it soars into the blue sky above Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight

America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 5, 1961.

Image Credit: NASA

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TakenMay 5, 1961
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