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Credit & Copyright:
NASA
Explanation:
Space suited
project Mercury astronauts
John H. Glenn,
Virgil I. Grissom, and
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
(left to right) are pictured here posing in front of a
Redstone rocket
in this vintage 1961 NASA publicity photo.
Project Mercury was the
first U.S. program designed to put humans in space.
It resulted in 6 flights
using one-man capsules and
Redstone and
Atlas rockets.
Shortly after the
first U.S. manned flight on May 5, 1961, a suborbital flight piloted
by Alan Shepard, President Kennedy announced
the goal of a manned lunar landing by 1970. This goal was achieved by NASA's
Apollo program
and Shepard himself walked on the moon
as commander of the Apollo 14 mission.
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mercury - Redstone
Publications with words: Mercury - Redstone
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