Huntsville Marks 60 Years Since Alan Shepard's Historic Spaceflight

Huntsville AL

04 May, 2021

2:18 PM

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From the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County: May 3, 2021 This Wednesday, May 5 marks a special anniversary: 60 years since Alan Shepard became the first American in space. He traveled in the Freedom 7 spacecraft aboard a Mercury-Redstone Rocket. That rocket was made right here in Huntsville, and it launched a big era for us — in fact, it is one of the reasons we earned the name Rocket City and we still are today! This press release was produced by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County. The views expressed are the author's own.