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Flight Operations Manual, Freedom 7

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This object is on display in the Apollo to the Moon exhibition at the Museum in Washington, DC.


Flight Operations Manual, Freedom 7

 

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Manufacturer:   McDonnell Aircraft

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
3-D Test (Closed): 12.7 x 17.8cm (5 x 7 in.)

Materials:
Binder- Vinyl Pages- Paper

This small manual contained checklists for both normal and emergency flight operations for the flight of Alan Shepard, the First American astronaut to reach space. His suborbital Mercury flight occured on May 5, 1961, aboard the "Freedom 7" spacecraft.

Gift of Alan B. Shepard Jr.


Inventory number: A19670174000