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11 minutes with a window view of Earth: What to know about Blue Origin spaceflights
The spaceflights are ones billionaire Jeff Bezos's space technology company has been offering since 2021. This time, six ...
It's been 64 years since New Hampshire's Alan Shepard became first American in space
Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...
Trump Just Celebrated ‘Astronaut Day’—After Proposing Giant NASA Cuts
It’s been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S.
Trump honors space exploration on National Astronaut Day
President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Launch of Freedom 7 From Cape Canaveral Boosted Spirits On May 5, 1961
On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch ...
NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard Reached Space As First American 61 Years Ago; Watch Him Blast Off
61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...
Gayle King insists she was like Alan Shepard on her space ‘joyride’
Trying to dig herself, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez out of a P.R. debacle, King actually likened their Jeff Bezos space-tourism ride to Alan Shepard’s historic 1961 mission.
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May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7. In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in ...