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The First American To Fly Into Space Had To Pee In His Space Suit
On April 12, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space and the first one to orbit the Earth. Weeks later ...
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, Shepard, of Derry, traveled aboard the Mercury capsule Freedom 7. He ...
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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 ...
Monday marks 64 years since Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space
Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. Trump administration abruptly removes vice chair of the NTSB All the stars who broke Anna ...
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 ...
Breaking the Gender Barrier May Be New for Space Tourism—But Not for NASA Missions
Blue Origin's all-female 11-minute flight on April 14 reminds us that there's a long line of women who have been making ...
Unpacking claims Jeff Bezos opening the Blue Origin capsule hatch was staged
Blue Origin's footage clearly shows the capsule's hatch briefly opening from the inside before Bezos appears to open it with a tool.
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After Blue Origin's New Shepard flight, the question arose: what makes one an 'astronaut?'
The first American in space, Alan Shepard, soared to 116 miles above sea level during his May 5, 1961, suborbital flight. This means that Shepard, like the Blue Origin crew, did not obit ...