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BobFV1
05-05-2010, 09:32 AM
Forty-nine years ago today- May 5, 1961- naval aviator Commander Alan B. Shepard blasted towards the stars in his Mercury space capsule "Freedom 7," becoming the first American in space.

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Deans BMW
05-05-2010, 09:37 AM
I remember it like it was yesterday.......almost. Thanks for the reminder Bob.
JCsman
05-05-2010, 08:30 PM
I remember it like it was yesterday.......almost. Thanks for the reminder Bob.

The whole world stopped to watch those early flights, or so it seemed to a star-struck kid in Kansas.
DarthRider
05-05-2010, 11:41 PM
That's the year I graduated high school...has it been that long?
We seem to have a shortage of heroes these days...