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                                                        Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.)

                         Born November 18, 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire    Died July 21,1998

Mercury Spacesuit- Alan Shepard, Freedom 7

This spacesuit was worn by Alan Shepard during the first United States manned mission.

The flight took place on May 5, 1961 and lasted for a little over 15 minutes.

It was a sub-orbital flight, launched on a Redstone rocket from Pad 5, Cape Canaveral.