On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone rocket in a space capsule named Freedom 7. This was the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of two double-sided checklist cue cards for use on the Mercury MR-3 Flight in Freedom 7 including checklists for normal ...

50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight. May 5, 2011 — -- Fifty years ago today, astronaut Alan Shepard squeezed into a tiny Mercury capsule and challenged the heavens. He called his ...

Did you know many people who conserve aviation and space artifacts for the National Air and Space Museum have art conservation degrees? In fact, there are many different degrees you can study if you ...