NASA managers have retargeted space shuttle Endeavour's launch
to no earlier than Monday, May 16. After a meeting on Friday, they
also extended the length of Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the
International Space Station from 14 to 16 days.
Some Things You May Not Know About The History Made 50 Years
Ago
Special To ANN By Wes Oleszewski
On May 5th, 1961 the United States launched its first astronaut.
Flying aboard his Mercury capsule, Christened "Freedom 7," Alan
Shepard made a sub-orbital hop down the Atlantic Missile Range.
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