Last Freedom 7 photo, and one of my favorite space pictures of all time.
Astronauts Deke Slayton and Gus Grissom greet Alan Shepard on Grand Bahama Island after Shepard’s flight on Freedom 7. The looks on their faces say it all.
To quote the excellent LIFE Freedom 7 retrospective, it is “an image that powerfully captures the at-once easy and intense bond among the Mercury Seven.”
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LIGHT THIS CANDLE Contest
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Alan Shepard being tossed into space, we’re giving away a couple copies of his biography, Light This Candle, by Neal Thompson. Reblog or like this post to be entered to randomly win.
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Hey space fans: great video about Alan Shepard’s first flight, 50 yrs ago today
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Before Alan Shepard is sealed into his spacecraft, fellow astronaut Gus Grissom talks to him one last time.
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Excerpt from Alan Shepard bio Light This Candle
Posting excerpts from ‘Light This Candle’ this week - 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming America’s first spaceman
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