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US spaceflight at 60: A lot has changed since NASA’s 1st crewed mission

Submit on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 11:17

It was 60 years ago today (May 5) that Alan Shepard, America’s first spaceflyer, urged nervous flight controllers to ”fix your little problem and light this candle” to send him into space.

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