Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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

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Another angle:

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

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This entry was posted on February 19, 2015 by . 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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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