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Mercury Redstone Launch Vehicle being readied
for launch on May 5, 1961. Aboard the spacecraft
Freedom 7 is Navy Commander Alan Shepard who
on this day became the first U. S. Astronaut in
space.
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SPACE, 11401 S.W. 47th St., Miami, Fla.
by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 30, Mors., U.S.A.
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Color Photo Courtesy of "Space"
