how high did alan shepard fly

Alan Shepard flew to an altitude of approximately 116 statute miles (about 187 kilometers) during his historic suborbital spaceflight on May 5, 1961. He was launched aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft by a Redstone rocket on a ballistic trajectory that lasted about 15 minutes, reaching a maximum height of 116 miles before splashing down 302 miles downrange in the Atlantic Ocean