File:Jack King announces Mercury-Redstone 3 launch scrub on 1961-05-02.jpg

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English: Jack King, the first chief of Public Information for NASA's Launch Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, briefs the news media on the May 2, 1961, postponement of the launch of Mercury Redstone-3 due to unfavorable weather. Three days later, astronaut Alan Shepard made history as the first American in space.
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