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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3497095" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>May 5, 1961 </p><p> </p><p>From Cape Canaveral, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/florida" target="_blank"><u>Florida</u></a>, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the <em>Freedom 7</em> space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3497095, member: 1246"] May 5, 1961 From Cape Canaveral, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/florida'][U]Florida[/U][/URL], Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the [I]Freedom 7[/I] space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). [/QUOTE]
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