Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Launch of Freedom 7
Full Description:
Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5.
Date:
5/5/1961
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Mercury-Program
Subject Category:
Rocket Launches
Keywords:
Launch
Keywords:
Alan
Keywords:
Shepard
Keywords:
Freedom
Keywords:
7
Keywords:
Mercury
Keywords:
Project
Keywords:
MR-3
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_who:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_when:
5-5-1961
facet_when_year:
1961
Image #:
61C-0883
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0859
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
61C-0883
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000859
Creator-Photographer:
NA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Launch of Freedom 7