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On May 5, 1961, Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. made history, becoming the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight in his Freedom 7 caspsule.
Credit: NASA
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On May 5, 1961, Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. made history, becoming the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight in his Freedom 7 caspsule.
Credit: NASA
![Space Station and Space Shuttle Together in Orbit [HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/REQCqHtAqno/mqdefault.jpg "Space Station and Space Shuttle Together in Orbit [HD]
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Unprecedented video shows the International Space Station together with the space shuttle, the vehicle that helped build the complex during the last decade.
On May 23, 2011 the Soyuz TMA-20 was carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli back to Earth. Once their vehicle was about 600 feet from the station, Mission Control Moscow, outside the Russian capital, commanded the orbiting laboratory to rotate 130 degrees. This move allowed Nespoli to capture high definition video of shuttle Endeavour docked to the station.
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![NASA Future Flight at Super Bowl LIVE [Riders VR POV]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T4NPAgQoMLQ/mqdefault.jpg "NASA Future Flight at Super Bowl LIVE [Riders VR POV]
http://collectSPACE.com — As football fans make their way to Houston for Super Bowl LI on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, NASA is offering a quick way to reach the 50 yard line at the Big Game — by dropping in from Mars.
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Video credit Houston Host Committee. Used with permission.")
