Mercury Mission May 1961
Nov. 24, 2024
5 May 1961, 13:34:13.48 UTC, T plus 00:00:00.48 | This Day in Aviation Project Mercury - A Chronology. Part 3 (A) May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in Spacesuit Before Mercury Launch - NASA 60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space - NASA | Mercury Mission May 1961
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