5 May 1961: Mercury 3 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying Alan Shepard (1923-1998), U.S.N. aboard the Mercury capsule Freedom 7 atop a Redstone rocket; he became the first American, & the second man, in space during the suborbital flight; the Freedom 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean & was recovered by crewmen from the U.S.S. Lake Champlain.
Bonus! Space Race Song o' Mercury-Redstone 3
Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly" from There Is Nothing Left to Lose (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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