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Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Richard F. "Dick" Gordon and interviewer Jake Schultz, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, April 18, 2017.

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Soyeon Yi and interviewer Geoff Nunn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, November 28, 2017.

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard and the Freedom 7 capsule aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

Photograph of a technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to the Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard seated in the Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after the Freedom 7 splashdown, May 5, 1961. The Freedom 7 capsule is visible in the water below.

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) recovering the Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, 1961.

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) delivering the Freedom 7 capsule to the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard in a test seat, circa 1961.

Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving a medical exam, circa 1961.