File:The Celebration for Freedom 7 at Huntsville, Alabama.jpg

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English: The Celebration for Freedom 7 at Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Wernher von Braun addresses a crowd celebrating in front of the Madison County Alabama Courthouse following the successful launch of Astronaut Alan Shepard (America's first astronaut in space) into space on a Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle. Freedom 7, Shepard's Mercury spacecraft, was launched from Cape Canaveral on May 5, 1961. He reached a speed of 5,200 mph (8,400 km/h). His flight lasted 15-1/2 minutes.
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