Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard
Full Description:
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The Freedom 7 spacecraft boosted by Mercury-Redstone vehicle for the MR-3 mission made the first marned suborbital flight and Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
Date of Image:
1963-09-09
Category:
Mercury Project
term:
Freedom 7
term:
MR-3
term:
Original Seven Astronauts
term:
Mercury Project
term:
hepard
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
April 27, 1959
facet_when_year:
1959
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
8772553
NIX #:
MSFC-8772553
MSFC Negative Number:
8772553
UID:
SPD-MARSH-8772553
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