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Alan Shepard: 1st American in Space
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Mercury Astronauts Face the Press
Six of the seven Mercury Project astronauts (including Alan Shepard, clowning) in February, 1961. President Eisenhower insisted the first Americans in space be test pilots with college degrees.
In this photo:
Walter M. Schirra
,
Alan B. Shepard
,
Malcolm S. Carpenter
,
Gordon Cooper
,
John Glenn
,
Donald K. Slayton
Photo: Ralph Morse./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Feb 01, 1961
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