Trying to dig herself, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez out of a P.R. debacle, King actually likened their Jeff Bezos space-tourism ride to Alan Shepard’s historic 1961 mission.

Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...

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

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 ...

Based on the seat assignments provided by the company, one of the six newly qualified astronauts has ... Bowe's family originates. Shepard later walked on the moon on Apollo 14, so is not included ...

Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft will launch an all-female crew, including Katy Perry and Gayle King, on April 14, 2025 ... It is named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the 60-foot-tall rocket topped with the gum-dropped shape crew capsule got off the ground right on time at 9:30 a.m. April 14.

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...