Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Model

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Presentation Plaque on Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Model

Freedom 7 Model Presentation Plaque

Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Model

Closeup of Capsule

This is a large and solidly built model of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 spacecraft. It was presented to Astronaut Shepard by McDonnell Aircraft upon the successful completion of the first manned spaceflight of the United States.

There is a chromed presentation plaque affixed to the solid wooden base. The plaque reads : "Al Shepard, From 22,000 Friends At McDonnell Aircraft Who Were With Him In Spirit During the Free World's 1st Manned Spaceflight 5 May 1961"

Before his passing in 1998, Astronaut Shepard donated this model and his Apollo 14 Lunar Module model to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. He left specific instructions that these models should be used to raise funds for the foundation.

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation placed this model up for auction at the Sims-Hankow autograph show in Washington, DC in May of 2003.

This artifact was acquired by the Earth To The Moon Air & Space Museum from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation auction.