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Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule, Flown by 1st American in Space Jan 28, 2012 helicopters recover Mercury Freedom 7 space capsule / Alan helicopters recover Mercury Freedom 7 space capsule / Alan Shepard, first American in space, after the recovery on May 05, 1961 Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth - HISTORY After separating from its launching rocket, the bell-shaped Friendship 7 capsule entered into an orbit around Earth at a speed of about 17,500 miles per hour. Smoothing into orbit, Glenn radioed Freedom – 7 - Citizens In Space

Oct 23, 2012 - Astronaut Alan Shepard peers inside the Mercury "'Freedom 7"' spacecraft which he flew on May 5, 1961. The spacecraft was presented to the Smithsonian on October 23, 1961, and placed on display in the Aircraft Building (aka Quonset Hut) in the South Yard by the Smithsonian Castle.

Freedom 7 Capsule + Sikorsky H-34 - Brickmania Toys About Freedom 7 Capsule + Sikorsky H-34: Delivered by the Redstone rocket, the Freedom 7 capsule was launched on May 5, 1961. The capsule was piloted by Alan B. Shepard Jr. The short, suborbital was the first successful mission by the United States to put a human being into space. Freedom 7: The First American in Space - Kerbal Space

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. sits in his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, ready for launch. Just 23 days earlier, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first man in space. After several delays

Shepard was packed pretty tightly into the one-man Freedom 7 capsule, which measured 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) tall and was just 6.2 feet (1.9 m) across at its widest point. By contrast, Gagarin’s Vostok 1 capsule was about 14.4 feet (4.4 m) high. The Freedom 7 wasn’t built for comfort or sightseeing.