File:Launch of Freedom 7 - GPN-2000-000859.jpg

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English: Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5.

Date

5 May 1961

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Mercury-Redstone 3 Liftoff LOC-61C-883.jpg (black and white, slightly lower resolution)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:37, 25 April 2024	2,229 × 3,000 (911 KB)	WinfriedSchneider	Reverted to version as of 20:18, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
	21:56, 10 May 2021	2,229 × 3,000 (6.74 MB)	Andrej-airliner	colors
	20:18, 1 December 2015	2,229 × 3,000 (911 KB)	WinfriedSchneider	Reverted to version as of 08:00, 5 May 2015 (UTC); no reason to revert on a worse image.
	12:00, 28 July 2015	2,229 × 3,000 (6.25 MB)	Tm	Reverted to version as of 00:36, 9 April 2009
	08:00, 5 May 2015	2,229 × 3,000 (911 KB)	WinfriedSchneider	Picture improved (red cast removed); file size reduced (for useful load time). (DE: Bild verbessert (Rotstich entfernt); Datei verkleinert (zwecks brauchbarer Ladezeit).)
	00:36, 9 April 2009	2,229 × 3,000 (6.25 MB)	BotMultichillT	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5.}} \|Source=[http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-