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Identifier
F07_002_02
Date
May 1961
Description
This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Press releases, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching
Rights
This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Repository
Recommended Citation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "054 Back Side of Photograph Mercury Redstone III Rocket Launch" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 54.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/54
Language
eng
Transcription
5 MAY 1961 Cape Canaveral, Florida MR-3 Liftoff - Mercury-Redstone 3, the United States' first manned space flight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, designated "Freedom 7." The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 116 1/2 statue miles, and landed 302 statute miles downrange from Cape Canaveral. NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration J.S. Government Printing Office: 1979 673-486 JSCL 199
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Press releases, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching
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