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“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering Shepard’s Sprint for Space, OTD in 1961

“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Human Space Mission, OTD in 1961

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Landing in “The Drink”: Remembering America’s Oceanic Returns from Space (Part 1)

by Ben Evans July 31, 2020, 5:00 pm
‘Light This Candle’: Remembering America’s First Astronaut, OTD in 1961

by Ben Evans May 5, 2020, 8:12 am
“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Man in Space, OTD in 1961

by Ben Evans May 5, 2019, 8:38 am
‘Old Reliable’: 60 Years Since a Weapon of War Became a Rocket for Space

by Ben Evans January 13, 2019, 8:22 am
‘Beautiful View’: Remembering America’s First Manned Mission to Space, 57 Years Ago This Week

by Ben Evans May 6, 2018, 8:06 am
‘What a Beautiful View’: 55 Years Since Freedom 7 Began America’s Adventure in Space (Part 2)

by Ben Evans May 1, 2016, 8:00 am
‘Man, I Gotta Pee’: 55 Years Since Freedom 7 Began America’s Adventure in Space (Part 1)

by Ben Evans April 30, 2016, 8:00 am
‘We Had ‘Em By the Short Hairs’: How the United States Lost the Race for a Man in Space (Part 2)

by Ben Evans March 20, 2016, 8:00 am
Timid Doctors and Timid Germans: How the United States Lost the Race for a Man in Space (Part 1)

by Ben Evans March 19, 2016, 8:00 am
‘What a Beautiful View’: The 15 Minutes of Freedom 7

by Ben Evans May 5, 2014, 6:00 am

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