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    *WINNER ANNOUNCED!* Win The Ultimate Space Prize Bundle Giveaway from Space.com!

    Freedom 7. This was the name of the space capsule flown by Alan Shepard in 1961. I was 14 years old at the time and this flight represented our first American astronaut into space. Although it was only sub-orbital, it was our first venture into outer space and was the precursor of every space...