Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the moon. Despite that illustrious resume, he might be best remembered by many of us for the time he hit two golf ...
This video follows Alan Shepard and the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission, the United States’ first manned spaceflight launched just ...
50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight. May 5, 2011 — -- Fifty years ago today, astronaut Alan Shepard squeezed into a tiny Mercury capsule and challenged the heavens. He called his ...
Fifty-three years ago Monday, Derry, New Hampshire, native Alan Shepard walked on the moon while on the Apollo 14 mission on Feb. 5, 1971.Shepard was the commander of the mission that launched on a ...
NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH. TODAY IS ALAN SHEPARD’S 100TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN MAN TO GO TO SPACE, AND HE’S FROM DERRY, THE JUNIOR HISTORY ARYANS, A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATED ...