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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramView showing the handprints of astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. in Space View Park near the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida.
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Series 1577, 2001-2002 Surveys, Space Coast Eastern Mediterranean
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Plaque at the left reads, "Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. First American into Space Born: East Derry, NH, Nov. 18, 1923 Mercury Flight-May 5, 1961. 15-Min., 28 Sec. Suborbital flight Launch Vehicle - Mercury-Redstone 8 Spacecraft-Freedom 7."
The Park is the first and only walk in the nation that honors America's astronauts as well as the men and women behind the scenes who helped America lead the world in space exploration.
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