May 5 1973
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 556 from Plesetsk into orbit with a 233-km (144.8-mi) apogee, 207-km (128.6-mi) perigee, 88.9-min period, and an 81.4ยบ inclination. The satellite reentered May 14. (GSFC SSR, 5/31/73; SBD, 5/9/73, 49)
Twelfth anniversary of the May 5, 1961, launch of Freedom 7 by the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle, on the suborbital mission which carried Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., as the first U.S. man in space. (Marshall Star, 5/2/73, 1)
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