Alan Shepard Looks At His Space Capsule

(Original Caption) 5/5/1961- Aboard the USS Lake Champlain at Sea: Astronaut Alan Shepard, nation's first "man-in-space," takes a last look at the Mercury spacecraft in which he rode 302 miles from Cape Canaveral, FL. Shepard was flown from the Lake Champlain to Grand Bahama Island for a medical checkup. He's scheduled to go later to Washington.
(Original Caption) 5/5/1961- Aboard the USS Lake Champlain at Sea: Astronaut Alan Shepard, nation's first "man-in-space," takes a last look at the Mercury spacecraft in which he rode 302 miles from Cape Canaveral, FL. Shepard was flown from the Lake Champlain to Grand Bahama Island for a medical checkup. He's scheduled to go later to Washington.
Alan Shepard Looks At His Space Capsule
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Bettmann / Contributor
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05 May, 1961
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