Remembering America's first astronaut

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:06:06

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雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:06:31

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Dining before flying

Astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn share breakfast in their robes just before Shepard's Freedom 7 spaceflight on May 5, 1961. Glenn, the prime backup pilot for Shepard's suborbital flight, would later become the first American to go into orbit.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:06:50

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All bodily systems go

Alan Shepard has his blood pressure and temperature checked prior to his Freedom 7 flight. The attending physician is Dr. William K. Douglas.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:07:12

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Suiting up

Inside the suiting trailer, astronaut Alan Shepard is dressed in his pressure suit and seated in a reclining chair while a technician checks communications equipment in his helmet.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:07:31

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Looking in

Alan Shepard looks into the Freedom 7 capsule just before he climbs in for launch on May 5, 1961. Shepard was sealed inside the capsule for four hours while Mission Control dealt with technical glitches and weather-related delays. During one of the holds, Shepard urged ground controllers to "fix your little problem and light this candle."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:07:52

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Silver spaceman

Alan Shepard's spacesuit was a full-body pressure suit originally developed by the B.F. Goodrich Co. and the U.S. Navy for wear by high-altitude fighter pilots. The suit's aluminized nylon exterior provides the classic silver look.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:08:20

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'You're on your way!'

The Redstone rocket rises from its Florida launch pad on May 5, 1961, with America's first astronaut, Alan Shepard, inside the Mercury capsule on top. "You're on your way, Jose," fellow astronaut Deke Slayton called out from Mission Control. The nickname was a reference to comedian Bill Dana's fictitious astronaut character, Jose Jimenez.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:08:39

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'The clock has started'

Moments after the Freedom 7 launch, astronaut Alan Shepard called back, "Roger, liftoff, and the clock has started." During the ascent, Shepard experienced an acceleration of 6.3 g's. In comparison, shuttle astronauts typically experience a peak of 3 g's during launch and re-entry.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:08:58

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Beautiful view

Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first American to see Earth from an altitude ranging as high as 116 miles. "On the periscope, what a beautiful view," he radioed. "Cloud cover over Florida. Three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-6 12:09:19

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Splashdown

After a little more than 15 minutes of flight, Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 capsule splashed down in the Atlantic, about 300 miles east of the Cape Canaveral launch pad. A Marine helicopter came to Shepard's rescue.

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