In 1961 Alan Shepard made the first manned flight into space for the USA aboard what vehicle?

Question

Three weeks after the USSR launched the first man into space what craft did the USA launch, with its first manned space flight?

Answer 1

Freedom-7
The flight, on 5 May 1961, was the second to carry a human into space, and followed the first by 3 and a half weeks. That flight was launched by the USSR on 12 April 1961 carrying the pioneering astronaut Yuri Gagarin.