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Shepard on Deck of Champlain …
Title Shepard on Deck of Champlain after Recovery
Full Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the U.S.S. Lake Champlain after the recovery of his Freedom 7 Mercury space capsule.
Date 05/05/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Alan Shepard
Title Alan Shepard
Full Description A closeup of astronaut Alan Shepard in his space suit seated inside the Mercury capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the capsule mated to the Redstone booster.
Date 4/29/1961
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Mercury 3 Flight Simulation
Title Mercury 3 Flight Simulation
Full Description Alan Shepard, one of the three prime astronauts, is being inserted into a Mercury capsule. A flight simulation test with a full countdown is programmed for Shepard to check out hardware and launch personnel activities in the Redstone launch.
Date 4/29/1961
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Shepard Enters Cleanroom
Title Shepard Enters Cleanroom
Full Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., makes his way from the elevator to the cleanroom atop the service tower where he'll be inserted into his Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Freedom 7.
Date 5/5/1961
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Shepard Hoisted into Recover …
Title Shepard Hoisted into Recovery Helicopter
Full Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown of his "Freedom 7" Mercury space capsule.
Date 05/05/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Alan Shepard in Space Suit b …
Title Alan Shepard in Space Suit before Mercury Launch
Full Description Profile of astronaut Alan Shepard in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed as he prepares for his upcoming Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) launch. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes 22 seconds. His spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean where he and Freedom 7 were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain.
Date 07/28/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Ham in Spacesuit
Name of Image Ham in Spacesuit
Date of Image 1961-01-01
Full Description Ham, a three-year-old chimpanzee, in the spacesuit he would wear for the second Mercury- Redstone (MR-2) suborbital test flight in January, 1961. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury capsule before launching the fisrt American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in May 1961. The Mercury capsule rode atop a modified Redstone rocket, developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German Rocket Team in Huntsville, Alabama.
Shepard Completes His Missio …
On May 5, 1961, NASA astrona …
5/5/09
Description On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut....
Date 5/5/09
Astronaut Alan Shepard on U. …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard on U.S. Champlain after recovery of Mercury capsule
Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the U.S. Champlain after the recovery of his Mercury capsule.
Date Taken 1988-03-25
Astronaut Alan Shepard on U. …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard on U.S. Champlain after recovery of Mercury capsule
Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the U.S. Champlain after the recovery of his Mercury capsule.
Date Taken 1961-05-05
Launch of Freedom 7
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
Mercury Astronauts and a Red …
Title Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone
Explanation Space suited project Mercury [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.html ] astronauts John H. Glenn [ http://politicsusa.com/PoliticsUSA/resources/almanac/ohs1.html.cgi ], Virgil I. Grissom [ http://repos.msfc.nasa.gov/history/mm/grisbio.html ], and Alan B. Shepard Jr. [ http://repos.msfc.nasa.gov/history/mm/shepbio.html ] (left to right) are pictured here posing in front of a Redstone rocket [ http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/pioneer.html ] in this 1961 NASA publicity photo. Project Mercury [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mercury/ ] was the first U.S. program designed to put humans in space. It resulted in 6 manned flights using one-man capsules and Redstone and Atlas rockets. Shortly after the first U.S. manned flight on May 5, 1961, a suborbital flight piloted by Alan Shepard, President Kennedy announced the goal of a manned lunar landing by 1970. This goal was achieved by NASA's Apollo program [ http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/apo14.htm ] and Shepard himself walked on the moon as a member of the Apollo 14 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951209.html ] mission.
Shepard Hoisted from Mercury …
Title Shepard Hoisted from Mercury Capsule
Full Description A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes 22 seconds. His spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean where he and his capsule were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain.
Date 07/20/1961
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Shepard Awaits Liftoff
Name of Image Shepard Awaits Liftoff
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. awaits liftoff in the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft on May 5, 1961. This third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, developed by D. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, was the first marned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.
The Launch of Mercury-Redsto …
Name of Image The Launch of Mercury-Redstone
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description The launch of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3), Freedom 7. MR-3 placed the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in suborbit on May 5, 1961.
NASA Destination Tomorrow - …
NASA Destination Tomorrow Se …
6/1/03
Description NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment describing how Dr. Maxime Faget's space capsule design helped launch the United States into the Space Age.
Date 6/1/03
NASA Destination Tomorrow - …
NASA Destination Tomorrow Vi …
6/1/03
Description NASA Destination Tomorrow Video containing five segments as described below. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment describing NASA's Child Safety Alert System for automobiles. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment explaining how NASA uses flight simulators to ass
Date 6/1/03
Freedom 7 and Shepard In fli …
Title Freedom 7 and Shepard In flight
Full Description Astronaut Alan Shepard photographed in flight by a 16mm movie camera inside the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Shepard is just about to raise the shield in front of his face during descent after opening of the main parachute.
Date 5/5/1961
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Mercury astronauts survival …
Title Mercury astronauts survival training
Full Description The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Picture from left to right are L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, John H. Glenn, Jr., Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area.
Date 1960
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Shepard Completes His Missio …
On May 5, 1961, NASA astrona …
5/5/09
Description On 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. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/5/09
The Redstone, Jupiter-C and …
Name of Image The Redstone, Jupiter-C and Mercury Redstone
Date of Image 1961-01-01
Full Description This is a comparison illustration of the Redstone, Jupiter-C, and Mercury Redstone launch vehicles. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile. Originally developed as a nose cone re-entry test vehicle for the Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile, the Jupiter-C was a modification of the Redstone missile and successfully launched the first American Satellite, Explorer-1, in orbit on January 31, 1958. The Mercury Redstone lifted off carrying the first American, astronaut Alan Shepard, in his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961.
Dr. von Braun with Original …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun with Original Mercury Astronauts
Date of Image 1959-01-01
Full Description Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, poses with the original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. Inspecting Mercury-Redstone hardware are from left to right, Alan Shepard, Donald Deke Slayton, Virgil Gus Grissom, von Braun, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter. Project Mercury officially began October 7, 1958 as the United States' first manned space program.
Kennedy and Shepard in Washi …
Title Kennedy and Shepard in Washington D.C.
Full Description President John F. Kennedy congratulates astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first American in space, on his historic May 5th, 1961 ride in the Freedom 7 spacecraft and presents him with the NASA Distinguished Service Award. The ceremony took place on the White House lawn. Shepard's wife, Louise (left in white dress and hat), and his mother were in attendance as well as the other six Mercury astronauts and NASA officals, some visible in the background.
Date 05/06/1961
NASA Center Headquarters
Chimpanzee "Ham" In Biopack …
Name of Image Chimpanzee "Ham" In Biopack Couch
Date of Image 1961-01-31
Full Description A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee "Ham" over 640 kilometers down range in an arching trajectory that reached a peak of 254 kilometers above the Earth. The mission was successful and Ham performed his lever-pulling task well in response to the flashing light. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury Capsule before launching the first American astronaut Alan Shepard in May 1961. The successful flight and recovery confirmed the soundness of the Mercury-Redstone systems.
A Chimpanzee, "Ham," in the …
Name of Image A Chimpanzee, "Ham," in the Biopack Couch for the MR-2 Flight
Date of Image 1961-01-01
Full Description A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee "Ham" over 640 kilometers down range in an arching trajectory that reached a peak of 254 kilometers above the Earth. The mission was successful and Ham performed his lever-pulling task well in response to the flashing light. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury Capsule before launching the first American astronaut Alan Shepard in May 1961. The successful flight and recovery confirmed the soundness of the Mercury-Redstone systems.
Astronaut Alan Shepard onboa …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard onboard helicopter after recovery of Mercury capsule
Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen laughing with other personnel onboard the helicopter after the recovery of his Mercury vehicle.
Date Taken 1988-03-25
Astronauts Alan Shepard in p …
Title Astronauts Alan Shepard in pressure suit approaches Freedom 7 capsule
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission. He is greeted by Virgil I. Grissom, another Mercury astronaut.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Mercury Astronauts Receiving …
Title Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy
Full Description NASA Administrator James E. Webb (center) cites the space achievements of the Project Mercury Astronauts who received the 1963 Collier Trophy Award in a ceremony held at the White House on October 10, 1963. President John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Lyndon Johnson accompanied Webb at the ceremony. Five of the Mercury Seven astronauts are visible in the row behind James Webb. They are (starting from JFK's left): Alan Shepard, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Scott Carpenter.
Date 10/10/1963
NASA Center Headquarters
Original Astronauts In Space …
Title Original Astronauts In Space Suits
Description The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center. From left to right, back row they are Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper, front row, Walter Schirra, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. The suits were the ones used by the astronaults during their Mercury space flights. While familiarizing the astronauts with the Mercury set-up, Langley employees helped them to specialize in the technical areas crucial to the overall success of Project Mercury. Langley people also guided and monitored the astronauts activities through the many spaceflight simulators and other training devices built at the Center expressly for the manned space program. In less than three years, Project Mercury proved that men could be sent into space and returned safely to Earth, setting the stage for the longer duration Gemini flights and the Apollo lunar landings.
Date 01.10.1989
The Recovery Operations of M …
Name of Image The Recovery Operations of MR-3 Mission
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description This photo depicts the recovery operations of the MR-3 mission. Astronaut Alan Shepard was picked up by a U.S. Marine helicopter after the completion of the first marned suborbital flight by MR-3 (Mercury-Redstone) with the Freedom 7 capsule.
Dr. von Braun with Seven Ori …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun with Seven Original Mercury Astronauts
Date of Image 1959-01-01
Full Description In this photo, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown briefing the seven original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory. (Left to right) Guss Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Donald Slayton, and Dr. von Braun.
Astronaut Alan Shepard in Sp …
Name of Image Astronaut Alan Shepard in Space Suit
Date of Image 1961-01-01
Full Description Astronaut Alan Shepard fitted with space suit prior to the first marned suborbital flight. Freedom 7, carrying Astronaut Alan Shepard, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961. Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
Astronaut Alan Shepard Under …
Name of Image Astronaut Alan Shepard Underwent a Physical Examination
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description Astronaut Alan Shepard underwent a physical examination prior to the first marned suborbital flight. Freedom 7 carrying Astronaut Alan Shepard, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961. Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Pr …
Name of Image Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Prior to the First Marned Suborbital Flight
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. during suiting for the first manned suborbital flight, MR-3 mission. The Freedom 7 spacecraft, carrying the first American, Astronaut Shepard and boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961.
Astronauts Shepard and Coope …
Title Astronauts Shepard and Cooper check instrument panel from Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronauts Alan Shepard (left) and L. Gordon Cooper (in suit) check over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20. It contains the instruments necessary to monitor spacecraft systems and swquencing, the controls required to initiate primary sequences manually, and the necessary flight control displays.
Date Taken 1963-02-01
Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsu …
Name of Image Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsule
Date of Image 1961-05-05
Full Description Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft, launched atop a modified Redstone rocket developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.
View of Astronaut Alan Shepa …
Title View of Astronaut Alan Shepard inside the Freedom 7 capsule
Description View of Astronaut Alan Shepard inside the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight.
Date Taken 1988-03-25
Astronaut Alan Shepard inspe …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard inspects his capsule on U.S. Champlain after recovery
Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen inspecting his capsule while on the U.S. Champlain after the recovery of his Mercury vehicle.
Date Taken 1988-03-25
Astronaut Alan Shepard in pr …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with Freedom 7 capsule
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, looks into the Freedom 7 capsule preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
Date Taken 1961-07-05
Rescue helicopter crew drop …
Title Rescue helicopter crew drop Astronaut Shepard a hoisting sling after landing
Description The rescue helicopter crew drops Astronaut Alan Shepard a hoisting sling after the landing of the Mercury spacecraft and the end of the first American suborbital manned mission. Shepard is standing on his capsule, looking up at the helicopter.
Date Taken 1961-05-05
Astronauts Alan Shepard in p …
Title Astronauts Alan Shepard in pressure suit approaches Freedom 7 capsule
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Astronaut Alan Shepard in hi …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard in his pressure suit in the suit trailer
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard in his pressure suit is seated in a reclining chair while a technician checks communications equipment in his helmet. He is in the suiting trailer before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned space flight.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Rear view of Astronaut Alan …
Title Rear view of Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit
Description Rear view of Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, as he approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission. All that can be seen of the astronaut is his legs.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Astronaut Alan Shepard being …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard being helped into his pressure suit for MR-3 flight
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard is being helped into the lower half of his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned space flight.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Astronauts Shepard and Glenn …
Title Astronauts Shepard and Glenn at breakfast before the MR-3 flight
Description Astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn at breakfast before Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Astronaut Alan Shepard being …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard being helped into his pressure suit for MR-3 flight
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard is being helped into his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned space flight.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Close-up view of Astronaut A …
Title Close-up view of Astronaut Alan Shepard in his pressure suit for MR-3 flight
Description Close-up view of Astronaut Alan Shepard in his pressure suit, with helmet opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned space flight.
Date Taken 1961-07-28
Close-up of Astronaut Alan S …
Title Close-up of Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with Freedom 7 capsule
Description Close-up of Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, being inserted into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
Date Taken 1961-07-22
Astronaut Alan Shepard in pr …
Title Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with Freedom 7 capsule
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his pressure suit and helmet, is being inserted into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.
Date Taken 1961-07-22
Shepard Flies Freedom 7
Title Shepard Flies Freedom 7
Explanation Forty years ago today (May 5, 1961 [ http://www.thespaceplace.com/history/mercury/ mercury03.html ]), at the dawn of the space age [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/ index.html ], NASA controllers "lit the candle" and sent Alan Shepard arcing into space atop a Redstone rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980404.html ]. The picture shows the pressure-suited Shepard before launch in his cramped space capsule [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/ mercury.html ] dubbed "Freedom 7" [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/MR3/ 10073523.htm ]. Broadcast live to a global television audience, the flight of Freedom 7 [ http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/nojs/rm.ey.f7.1.html ] - the first space flight by an American - followed less than a month after the first human venture into space by Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010414.html ]. Freedom 7's historic flight [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thmerc7/ intro.htm ] was suborbital, lasting only about 15 minutes, but during it Shepard demonstrated manual control of his capsule. Naval aviator [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thmerc7/ shepard.htm ] Shepard was chosen as one of the original seven Mercury Program [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/ toc.htm ] astronauts. He considered this first flight [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/ch11-4.htm ] the greatest challenge and actively sought the assignment. Shepard's career as an astronaut spanned a remarkable period in human achievement and in 1971 he walked on the moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a14/ a14.crew.html ] as commander of the Apollo 14 mission. A true pioneer and intrepid explorer, Alan Shepard died in 1998 [ http://www.nasa.gov/shepard.html ] at age 74.
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