KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Shepard became the first American in space during a suborbital flight aboard his Mercury capsule named Freedom 7.

Detailed explanation-2: -A new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981, when Space Shuttle Columbia, or STS-1, soared into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Freedom 7 space capsule on display in this exhibit is on loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. The Freedom 7 installation is part of the Space Race exhibit in the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

Detailed explanation-4: -After two years of training, the day was finally here: On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard climbed into his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 and became the first American and second person in space on a 15-minute suborbital spaceflight. A modified U.S. Army Redstone launched Alan Shepard into space from Cape Canaveral in 1961.