PULL · 5 MAY 2011 This was
This was
your sky.
50 Years Ago: Freedom 7 Flies
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Fifty years ago, on May 5, 1961, NASA launched Alan Shepard into space aboard the Freedom 7 capsule. His flight, the first for an American, was broadcast live globally. The Mercury-Redstone 3 mission marked a pivotal moment at the dawn of the space age, just a month after Yuri Gagarin's orbital flight.
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50 Years Ago: Freedom 7 Flies
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 5 MAY 2011 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 2011.
THE ALMANAC FOR 5 MAY 2011
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 7% lit
POSITION
Day 125 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaks tomorrow
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS