Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in his space suit and helmet inside the Mecury capsule where he is undergoing a flight simulation test for the first attempt to put a man into space. (April 29, 1961, NASA.)

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Size: 1200px × 1835px
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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