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50th Anniversary of Project Mercury
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project Mercury. On the 50th anniversary of that mission, Roger Launius reconsidered the legacy of Project Mercury and America s first astronauts, examining the origins of these first attempts to reach into space, the Cold War space race, and the meaning of Project Mercury half-century later.
Video Length: 3840
Date Found: June 25, 2011
Date Produced: May 05, 2011
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