Alan Shepard First American In Space

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Alan shepard first american in space. While on the moon shepard hit two golf balls that. On this flight shepard did not orbit earth. Eastern on may 5 1961. Ten years later shepard.

It launched on a redstone rocket. Rear admiral alan bartlett shepard jr. There was just enough room for one person. November 18 1923 july 21 1998 was an american astronaut naval aviator test pilot and businessman.

He was originally scheduled to go up on march 6 1961 but the flight was postponed due to mechanical issues. His 15 minute sub orbital flight lifted him to an altitude of. Derry still proud of native alan shepard first american in space ten years later shepard became one of the few people to walk on the moon. He became the first american in space a month after the soviet cosmonaut yuri.

Alan shepard was part of the first group of seven astronauts selected by nasa in 1959 then a nascent agency created to secure america s place in the space race against the former soviet union. 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. The redstone booster carrying mercury astronaut alan b. On april 12 cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the first man in space giving the soviet union a big lead in the space race.

He named his capsule freedom 7. On february 5 1971 alan shepard the first american in space became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon as part of the apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Alan shepard came very close to being the first human in space. On may 5 1961 alan shepard became the first american in space.

In 1961 he became the first american to travel into space and in 1971 he walked on the moon. Major john glenn a marine and committed family man and lieutenant commander alan shepard one of the best pilots in navy history. Lifts off from cape canaveral at 9 34 a m. Based on wolfe s iconic 1979 book the new series delves deeper into the incredible tales of america s first astronauts focusing especially closely on two men at the center of the story jockeying to become the first man in space.

Shepard a military test pilot became the first american to fly in space in 1961 and then went to the moon in 1971 as commander of the apollo 14 space mission.