NASA marks 50th anniversary of U.S. manned space flight

Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 12:40 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - The United States space program was down and out when Alan Shepard climbed inside a one-man capsule on May 5, 1961, for a 15-minute ride.

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