Photograph comprising two views of Alan Shepard inside "Freedom 7" during the first American, spaceflight Mercury Redstone 3, 5 May 19621 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.4 x 25.3 cm (10 x 8 in), a press telephoto with UPI news agency stamp and Central Press Association stamp dated 8 May 1961 on verso and UPI press caption in right margin on recto Footnotes: Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space a few weeks before but no image of him was recorded during the flight or released by the Russians. These pictures, taken by a pilot observer camera in "Freedom 7", are the first picture showing a human in space. Press caption: "Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Astronaut Alan Shepard is shown as he flew through space, as recorded by special capsule camera which photographed him four times a second during the flight. photos were released late ⅚ by the NASA Aeronautics and Space Administration. TOP: Shepard lifts hand to face. BOTTOM: Shepard closes eyes briefly."
Photograph comprising two views of Alan Shepard inside "Freedom 7" during the first American, spaceflight Mercury Redstone 3, 5 May 19621 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.4 x 25.3 cm (10 x 8 in), a press telephoto with UPI news agency stamp and Central Press Association stamp dated 8 May 1961 on verso and UPI press caption in right margin on recto Footnotes: Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space a few weeks before but no image of him was recorded during the flight or released by the Russians. These pictures, taken by a pilot observer camera in "Freedom 7", are the first picture showing a human in space. Press caption: "Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Astronaut Alan Shepard is shown as he flew through space, as recorded by special capsule camera which photographed him four times a second during the flight. photos were released late ⅚ by the NASA Aeronautics and Space Administration. TOP: Shepard lifts hand to face. BOTTOM: Shepard closes eyes briefly."
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