A special NBC radio report on astronaut Alan B. Shepard who becomes the first American to be launched into space. Broadcast live from Cape Canaveral, Florida.         

The US to launch space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard a 21-mile high balloon flight, the crisis in South Vietnam, US to aid the country against the communist rebels infiltration.                                       

Live coverage of the Freedom 7 space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard. Complete flight from countdown to post-flight report.            

Highlights: The Shepard space flight, New York City Mayor Robert Wagner suggests a ticker-tape parade, Russians claim the space flight is inferior to theirs, street interviews with the public regarding space flight.            

President John F. Kennedy greets astronaut Alan B. Shepard at the White House following his historic 15-minute spaceflight on May 5th, 1961.            

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard holds a press conference following his historic spaceflight on May 5th, 1961.   

CBS News presents this live special afternoon report hosted by Mike Wallace.
The Early Bird satellite, which was recently launched, demonstrates its ability to link up Europe and North America with live television coverage from England, Canada, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the USA. 

MEDICINE: A heart-valve operation performed at the Houston, Texas Memorial Medical Center, with questions from doctors at a Swiss medical conference.

SPORTS: The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros warming up in the new Houston Astrodome; a soccer match from Warsaw Poland. 

CRIME PREVENTION: "Wanted Persons" information exchange by Scotland Yard, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the FBI.

MUSIC: Festivals in Italy, Germany, and Mexico; the Soviet Navy Chorus in Portsmouth England; a student carnival in Sweden; the Swingle Singers near Munich; a Mexico City mariachi band; and five bands playing the same piece from London, Paris, Eseen Germany,Quebec City, Canada, and Washington D.C. 

MEN AT WORK: United States astronaut Alan B. Shepard in training; a test of the Concorde supersonic jet engine in Britain; the Tide Force Power Project in France; tunneling under Mount Blanc.