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The Space Race: Project Mercury
The Space Race: Project Mercury - LIFE.com
Shepard Straps in for Space Flight
Shepard is ready to go for his historic journey, May 5, 1961. "I was really pretty relaxed by the time that lift-off finally occurred," Shepard said. "I guess my pulse really wasn't much over about 110 or so."
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Alan B. Shepard
Photo: Time Life Pictures/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
May 05, 1961
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