Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. walks away from his Freedom 7 capsule following a post-flight inspection aboard the carrier USS Champlain. Earlier Shepard had completed the historic 15-minute suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 mission, marking America's inaugural manned trip into space.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. walks away from his Freedom 7 capsule following a post-flight inspection aboard the carrier USS Champlain. Earlier Shepard had completed the historic 15-minute suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 mission, marking America’s inaugural manned trip into space.Image Credit: NASA