Posted on May 29, 2019
On January 19, 1961, Robert R. Gilruth, the director of NASA’s Space Task Group, informed the seven astronauts that Shepard had been chosen for the first American crewed mission into space.
Shepard in Freedom 7Recovery of Shepard JFK presents Distinguished Service Medal to Shepard
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P2-Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter from HMR-262 retrieves Freedom 7 from the Atlantic
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