[DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard: First American in Space - Space.com [PAR] May 5, 2014 ... Alan Shepard rode Freedom 7 to become the first American in space. ... first 
American in space on May 5, 1961 aboard his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7. ... 
He logged more than 8,000 hours of flight time over the course of his career. ... 
Known as the Mercury 7, the group included John Glenn, Virgil "Gus"... [DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard - Wikipedia [PAR] Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923  July 21, 1998) 
was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, one of the original NASA 
Mercury Seven astronauts, and businessman, who in May 1961 made the first 
manned Mercury flight. .... By this time he had logged more than 3,600 hours of 
flying time, including... [DOC] [TLE] Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) | NASA [PAR] May 2, 2016 ... Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. sits in his Freedom 7 Mercury ... April 18, 1961 - 
1st launch simulation at the pad ... Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 15 minutes, 28 
seconds ... At this time, final preparation of the spacecraft was conducted and .... 
the success of Shepard's flight, President John F. Kennedy knew he... [DOC] [TLE] Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., May 5, 1961 | NASA [PAR] Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. sits in his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, ready for 
launch. ... In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, .... 
He returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to begin a ..... 
A space shuttle flight is typically about two weeks; long-duration increments... [DOC] [TLE] Astronaut Alan Shepard wore this spacesuit during his historic flight ... [PAR] On that flight, he became the first American in space. ... Mercury "Freedom 7" 
capsule in which Alan Shepard became the first American ... from Cape 
Canaveral Florida at 9:34 a.m. Eastern Time on May 5, 1961. ..... Remembering 
America's famous "astrochimps" with photos of Ham and his ...... I was a total 
comic book freak! [DOC] [TLE] Freedom 7 - Springer [PAR] On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin made the world's first manned orbital flight. Its 
total duration from launch to ... The U.S. accessed Soviet biodata in real time, 
giving our space scientists relevant .... Sadly, he was no longer with us, having 
died of a linger- ... book on the flight that made Alan Shepard and Freedom 7 
famous. [DOC] [TLE] The Space Review: Old Reliable: The story of the Redstone [PAR] May 2, 2011 ... While Freedom 7 did not enter orbit like Yuri Gagarin had done on the first ... By 
this point in time, the Redstone missile was well known to the American public. .... 
This Redstone-based launch vehicle had a total length of 21.7 meters ... carried 
Alan Shepard on a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. [DOC] [TLE] Space Medicine - ClinicalKey [PAR] The psychological challenges are immense, rivaling those of long-distance ... 
Until recently, U.S. suborbital flights were limited to two 1961 NASA Mercury ... 
For example, Alan Shepard's spacesuit for the first Mercury flight Freedom 7 .... 
much of what is known has been extrapolated from short-duration Shuttle 
missions. [DOC] [TLE] What Happened in 1961 inc. Pop Culture, Prices and Events [PAR] 1961 Prices including Wages, Houses and Gas, Toys, Fashions and ... Popular 
music included Chubby Checker's Pony Time and Will You Love Me ... How 
Much things cost in 1961 Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.07% ... 1961 May 5th The 
United States launches it's first man in space Alan Shepard on the Freedom 7 7. 
1961... [DOC] [TLE] Moon men: The most exclusive club in human history | Science | The ... [PAR] Jul 10, 2009 ... Most famous for: Being the first man to set foot on the moon ... "That might have 
been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me" ... By the time he

Question: 1961:Total length in time of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight; he was famous much longer
Answer: 15 minutes