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The Vostok launch vehicle at the 1967 Paris Air Show.
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The Vostok launch vehicle at the 1967 Paris Air Show.
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U.S. Army Redstone launched Alan Shepard
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An illustration of the Vostok in flight
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The interior of Shepard's Freedom 7 capsule.
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Yuri Gagarin wore a spacesuit similar to this one.
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Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Flight Suit
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Alan Shepard takes a spin in the centrifuge.
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Belka eagerly prepares for her flight.
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NASA launched the chimpanzee Ham on a suborbital flight in January 1961.
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A Navy helicopter hoists Alan Shepard from the ocean after his flight.
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An instrument panel in the vehicle.
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The first six cosmonauts
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Gagarin's flown spacecraft on display outside Moscow.
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The Vostok launch vehicle at the 1967 Paris Air Show.
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The Vostok launch vehicle at the 1967 Paris Air Show.
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U.S. Army Redstone launched Alan Shepard
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An illustration of the Vostok in flight
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The interior of Shepard's Freedom 7 capsule.
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Yuri Gagarin wore a spacesuit similar to this one.
Learn more
Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Flight Suit
Learn more
Alan Shepard takes a spin in the centrifuge.
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Belka eagerly prepares for her flight.
Learn more
NASA launched the chimpanzee Ham on a suborbital flight in January 1961.
Learn more
U.S. developed a worldwide network
Learn more
A Navy helicopter hoists Alan Shepard from the ocean after his flight.
Learn more
An instrument panel in the vehicle.
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The first six cosmonauts
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Gagarin's flown spacecraft on display outside Moscow.
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The First American Astronauts - Mercury 7