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jan 1, 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in Space

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Alan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 5, 1961, aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket.

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