Alan Shepard Completes His MissionOn May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America’s first astronaut. In this image, he is shown being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown. The flight carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles.https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/image_of_the_day.rssNASA Image of the DayThe latest NASA “Image of the Day” image.Technology124
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