TODAY MARKS 64 YEARS SINCE A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO TRAVEL TO SPACE. ON MAY 5TH, 1961, ALAN SHEPARD TRAVELED TO SPACE ON BOARD THE FREEDOM SEVEN SPACECRAFT. SHEPARD WAS BORN IN ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury ...

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It’s becoming clear that long-popular “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Gayle King and her famous friends Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez have landed at the center of one of the most spectacular public ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This pin celebrated the May 5, 1961 ...