The first American in space. Astronaut Alan Shepard sits in the capsule of his Mercury spacecraft,just before launch. Shepard was the first American in space,making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes 22 seconds on 5 May 1961. This flight was launched 23 days after Gagarin's historical orbital flight,much to the chagrin of America. Shepard's craft,named Freedom 7,reached an altitude of 187.5km,a speed of 8336 km/h and landed in the Atlantic Ocean 486km from launch. He was weightless for about 5 minutes of the flight,experiencing forces of 6g on take-off and 11g on re-entry. Shepard later flew to the Moon on Apollo 14 in 1971 | |
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