Today in Space and Science History: May 5

May 5 1811 Scientist John William Draper born
May 5 1961 Alan Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space https://amzn.to/2SiHzLJ
May 1980 Science communicator William Henry Green II born https://amzn.to/2StkJkN
May 5 2018 Inight MarCO was the first interplanetary mission launched from Vandenberg AFB https://amzn.to/33j7SE0

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