Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission.
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Title
Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission.
Subject
NASA, African-American Human-Computers, Space Flight
Description
Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission -- the first U.S. manned spaceflight. The Mercury-Redstone 3 was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.
Creator
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date
5 May 1961
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Citation
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration, “Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission.,” Human Computers at NASA, accessed April 19, 2024, https://omeka.macalester.edu/humancomputerproject/items/show/37.