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America's first man in space...
America's first man in space...
Item # 711762
May 09, 1961
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 9, 1961
* Astronaut Alan Shepard
* 1st American in space
* Mercury-Redstone 3 - Freedom 7
* JFK - White House ceremony
America's first man is space is heralded with a front page photo showing Shepard with wife parading through Washington D.C. Also a six column headline: "Why Russian Beat Sherpard into Space" with subheads and another related photo. More inside and a nice pictorial on the back page.
This was an historic first in America's effort in the space race with the Soviet Union, still behind as the first man in space was Uri Gagarin's flight of less than a month prior.
Complete with 38 pages, two small library stamps within the masthead, small binding holes along the spine, generally in nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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