The Mercury Redstone rocket capsule launches the Freedom 7 spacecraft into space carrying astronaut Alan Shepard from the Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station May 5, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Freedom 7 was the first piloted suborbital spaceflight, making Shepard the first American in space.

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The Mercury Redstone rocket capsule launches the Freedom 7 spacecraft into space carrying astronaut Alan Shepard from the Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station May 5, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Freedom 7 was the first piloted suborbital spaceflight, making Shepard the first American in space.

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Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
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