Alan Shepard being recovered from the Freedom 7 capsule after the first American human spaceflight; May 5th, 1961 | I hope to be remembered for my atrocities!

Alan Shepard being recovered from the Freedom 7 capsule after the first American human spaceflight; May 5th, 1961

Another angle:

(Here is NASA’s full click through gallery of this mission)

This entry was posted on February 19, 2015 by Miep. It was filed under History, History of Science and Technology, Human History, Images of History, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, Stunt Queens, The Drama Of It All, The Space Race, Weird and was tagged with Alan Shepard, Alan Shepard being recovered from the Freedom 7 capsule after the first American human spaceflight, first America, first American, first American human spaceflight, Freedom 7 capsule, historic, Historical, History, Human, human history, human spaceflight, NASA, Photo, Photography, Society, Space, spaceflight, Weird, World History.

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