On This Day: Alan Shepards 15-Minute Flight That Changed Everything @CopenhagenSuborbitals
On This Day: Alan Shepards 15-Minute Flight That Changed Everything  @CopenhagenSuborbitals
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard Freedom 7. His mission was suborbital - a 15-minute arc to the edge of space and back. No orbit. Just up, space, and down again.
That same flight profile is what Copenhagen Suborbitals is working toward today - the world's only crowdfunded, volunteer-run crewed spaceflight program.
Blue Origin named their rocket the New Shepard in his honor. We named ours Spica. And we're building it for the same reason Shepard flew: because someone has to push the boundary of what's possible, and it might as well be us.
We're not there yet. But we're building.

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Copenhagen Suborbitals is the world's only crewed, crowdfunded space program. In the future, a volunteer astronaut will fly to space on our home-built rocket. We do this in our spare time, all the donations go to paying our workshop rent and buying materials. We are forever thankful to each of our supporters!

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On This Day: Alan Shepard's 15-Minute Flight That Changed Everything

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