Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)

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Source

NASA/Michael D. Carbajal

Mission

Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7

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Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)

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The first U.S. human spaceflight on May 5, 1961, Mercury Redstone 3 was piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. The main scientific objective of project Mercury was to determine man's capabilities in a space environment and the ability to return a human safely back to Earth.