NASA gets all the attention, but these 7 lesser-known US space missions quietly pushed boundaries and helped shape the future ...

It's been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S. space program today?

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 ...

Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. 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. [...] ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

One of the most luxurious perfumes Chanel No. 5 made its entry into the world of fragrances on May 5 , 1921. The perfume was ...

The New Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space, which is in line with Blue Origin's history of ...

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This is Commander Chen's second trip to Tiangong, as he also led the Shenzhou-14 mission in ... celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...