From the Archive: Spacecraft Recovery
Posted on: June 28,2021Written and read by Nancy S. Lichtman
On May 5, 1961, CDR Alan Shepard became the first American in space when his Freedom 7 spacecraft was launched atop a Redstone rocket. He returned to Earth after a 15-minute suborbital flight, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. It was time for Marine Corps aviators to do their job.
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