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October 23, 2008

Light the Candle



Astronaut Alan Shepard is hurled into space atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Freedom 7 was the first American manned suborbital space flight, making Shepard the first American in space. (May 5, 1961)

He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

Image Credit: NASA

Great place to nab space related wallpaper.


I love the scene in The Right Stuff where Sheppard (played by Scott Glenn) is tired of the delays while perched atop the rocket and tells Mission Control "Let's light this candle!"

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