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The Freedom 7 was the space capsule that launched the first American, Alan Shepard, into space.  Yesterday, Freedom 7 arrived at the JFK Library in Boston. 

On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy made his famous promise to send a mission to the moon.  The JFK Library will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the speech by unveiling a installation of the Freedom 7 capsule. 

Thanks to the National Air and Space Museum for the generous loan!  You can see the Freedom 7 at the JFK Library until December 2015. 

Pictured, left: The Freedom 7 arriving yesterday at the JFK Library. Right: JFK and astronaut John Glenn look inside a different capsule, the Friendship 7, at Cape Canaveral, 2/23/62. 

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Source: presidentialtimeline.org

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