On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. Born in 1923, Shepard was a decorated pilot with the United States Navy before he was recruited to become one of the Mercury ...
2010-02-06T15:18:47-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d44/20100206152111003.jpgClip: Alan Shepard Oral History Interview Clip: Alan Shepard Oral History Interview ...
All roger liftoff and the clock has started mhm. 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 ...
It was a special tribute on what would have been Alan B. Shepard Jr.’s 101st birthday. A restored portrait of the first American in space was unveiled Monday night at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where ...