PULL · 5 MAY 2001 This was
This was
your sky.
Shepard Flies Freedom 7
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COSMIC MESSAGE
Forty years ago today, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard arced into space atop a Redstone rocket. This picture shows Shepard in his pressure suit inside his cramped space capsule, named "Freedom 7." The flight of Freedom 7, the first space flight by an American, was broadcast live globally. It followed less than a month after Yuri Gagarin's first human venture into space.
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Shepard Flies Freedom 7
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 5 MAY 2001 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 MAY 2001.
THE ALMANAC FOR 5 MAY 2001
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 93% lit
POSITION
Day 125 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaks tomorrow
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS