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Apr 8, 2024 · Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space. Shepard graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1944 and served in the Pacific during World War II onboard the destroyer Cogswell. He earned his naval aviator wings in 1947, qualified as a test pilot in.
U.S. Navy test pilot Alan Shepard joined the astronaut program in 1959. He became the first American and the second man in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a 490-kilometer (300-mile), 15-minute suborbital flight. He would return to space nearly a decade later as an Apollo astronaut. The Story of the.
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USNS Alan Shepard ran aground in Bahrain after captain left bridge to eat, investigation finds
A nearly 700-foot-long U.S. Navy cargo ship ran aground in Bahrain in 2023 almost immediately after its top officer left the bridge to eat dinner, a service investigation found. The decision ...
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63 years ago this week, New Hampshire's Alan Shepard became first American in space
This week marks 63 years since a Derry man became the first American to travel in space. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made history. Before lifting off, Shepard reportedly said to himself, "Don't ...
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May 5, 2021 · Shepard, a Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut, became the first American to fly in space. Shepard’s flight was a triumph, not least because it had been conducted live on national television and in front of the world press. It was a notable contrast to the secretive ways of the Communist-led Soviet Union.
Oct 10, 2018 · Alan 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,...
May 5, 2021 · On 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.
Apr 30, 2021 · – 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 ...
Nov 17, 2023 · Nov 17, 2023. Image Article. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., attired in his Mercury pressure suit, poses for a photo on May 5, 1961, prior to his launch in a Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission – the first U.S. manned spaceflight. NASA.
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