NASA Photo ID: S61-01908           File Name: 10073515.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 07/27/61
Title: Launch of the MR-3 spacecraft
Description:
Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft, the U.S. first
manned  space flight, from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. This
view shows  the spacecraft already headed towards its suborbital maneuver.                   

Subject terms:
FLORIDA                                 
LAUNCHING                               
LAUNCHING PADS                          
LAUNCHING SITES                         
MERCURY MR-3 FLIGHT                     
MERCURY PROJECT                         

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