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NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard Reached Space As First American 61 Years Ago; Watch Him Blast Off
61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...
Trump honors space exploration on National Astronaut Day
President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...
Trump honors space explortation on National Astronaut Day
President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...
It's been 64 years since New Hampshire's Alan Shepard became first American in space
Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Launch of Freedom 7 From Cape Canaveral Boosted Spirits On May 5, 1961
On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch Complex 5 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [...] ...
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History Today: When the world woke up and smelled Chanel No. 5
Alan Shepard later commanded Apollo 14 in 1971, becoming the fifth man to walk on the Moon, and the only Mercury astronaut to achieve that feat. On this day in 1927, English author Virginia Woolf ...