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U.S. Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr

U.S. Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr Air Force
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Stock #:198188
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Series CK.425, 2DK-1508
U.S. Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr, was born on November 18, 1923 in East Derry, New Hampshire. On May 5,1961, Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 "Freedom 7" spacecraft on the first manned space flight of the United States. MR-3 was a suborbital flight following a ballistic trajectory. The flight attained an altitude of approximately 116 statue miles and the spacecraft traveled about 254 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range
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