Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)

Mission overview

Freedom 7 carried Alan Shepard on the first United States human spaceflight, a suborbital hop.

Outcome & discoveries

Shepard became the first American in space.

Mission profile

Crew

Knowledge connections

• Operated byNASA
• Part of programProject Mercury
• Launched fromCape Canaveral Space Force Station
• Mission includesAlan Shepard
• Associated withShepard Becomes the First American in Space

Related missions

Sources

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• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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