The Shepard's Prayer (named for American astronaut Alan Shepard):
“Dear Lord, please don’t let me fuck up”
#ShepardsPrayer #AlanShephard #Freedom7 (4/4)
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The Shepard's Prayer (named for American astronaut Alan Shepard):
“Dear Lord, please don’t let me fuck up”
#ShepardsPrayer #AlanShephard #Freedom7 (4/4)
#GaurkoEgunez 1961. urtean, Estatubatuar bat lehen aldiz iritsi zen espaziora. Alan Shepard #Freedom7 kapsulan, 15 minutuko hegaldi azpiorbitala egin zuen.
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May 5, 1961
America makes its first step into space, with Al Shepard's sub-orbital flight on #Freedom7.
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On this day in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space during a 300-mile, 15-minute suborbital flight aboard the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 🚀🚀🚀
Shepard is pictured here just prior to launch.
#alanshepard #freedom7 #nasa #spacehistory
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. He was an actual astronaut. #AlanShepard #Astronaut #Mercury #Freedom7 #MercuryRedstone3 #NASA miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2024/12/alan...
From NASA via the #YouTube Account #AirBoyd A NASA Newsreel on the flight of Alan Shepard's #Freedom7 mission, launched 5 May, 1961. The first US Piloted Spacecraft launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXXU...
Alan Shepard in the capsule of Freedom 7 prior to launch
5 May 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. #History #NASA #Space #exploration #Mercury #Freedom7
The "Shepard's Prayer" (named for American astronaut Alan Shepard):
“Dear Lord, please don’t let me fuck up” (4/4)
#ShepardsPrayer #AlanShephard #Freedom7
61 years ago #OTD the USA sent its *first* astronaut into space. #Freedom7 was piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. His mission was a 15-minute suborbital flight with the primary objective of demonstrating his ability to withstand the high g-forces of launch & atmospheric re-entry.
#Freedom7 #1961 #NASA #ProjectMercury