Fifty Years Ago, America Went Into Space

Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 2:24pm

NASA's glory decade began with Alan Shepard's launch into space. A trip to the moon followed a few years later.In early May 1961 — 50 years ago — the Cold War was at its hottest, and the United States needed a victory, an impressive one.

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