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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
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Alan B. Shepard takes flight in Freedom 7 on 5 May, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marks the first manned Mercury mission and first time an American entered space. Keenly aware of the political pressure to have a successful launch, Shepard is (apocryphally) credited with coining "Shepard's Prayer" shortly before the launch.
