CSPAN3 Oral Histories Mercury Seven Astronaut Alan Shepard July 7, 2024
life. that was a day in which we all congregated, officially, as the u.s. first astronaut group. we have been through a selection process, obviously, previous to that time. but that was the day we first showed up officially as the first astronauts of the united states, back at langley field, virginia. >> at langley. why langley, i wonder? >> well, of course, and i ca had become nasa and a great big hurried turnaround as you recall. the program of astronauts selection and training, basically, was run by the people who worked from langley. originally, of course, we all reported into wa...
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