Flash Back to America's First Spaceflight
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Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2011 · Science & Technology
Mercury astronaut's Alan Sheppard and John Glenn, along with flight controller Chris Kraft and recovery operations chief Bob Thompson recount the historic first American manned flight into space; Freedom 7 launched Sheppard on May 5, 1961. Credit: NASA
