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Bookmark or Share- Alan Shepard: First American in Space | SpaceAlan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 5, 1961, aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Ten years later,...
- Alan Shepard - Flight, Wife & Apollo 14 - Biography(1923-1998) Who Was Alan Shepard? In 1959, Alan Shepard became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts. In May 1961, 23 days after Yury A. Gagarin became the first human to...
- Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961 - National Air and Space Museum– Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. His historic mission in the Freedom 7 spacecraft came a little over three weeks after the Soviet Union successfully made Yuri Gagarin the first person in space. While Gagarin’s spaceflight lasted 108 minutes and included a single orbit ...
- 60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in SpaceOn May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard became the first American in space during a suborbital flight aboard his Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. Three weeks later, based on the success of Shepard’s brief flight, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to achieving a lunar landing before the end of the decade.
- Former Astronaut Alan Shepard - NASAQuick Facts. Shepard has been awarded two NASA Distinguished Service Medals. Shepard holds the distinction of being the first American to journey into space. Shepard made his second space flight as spacecraft commander on Apollo 14, January 31 – February 9, 1971.
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