Alan Shepard - Wikipedia
网页Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
Former Astronaut Alan Shepard - NASA
网页2023年11月21日 · Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. He was the first person from the US and the second person to enter space.
Alan Shepard - Flight, Wife & Apollo 14 - Biography
网页2014年4月2日 · Alan Shepard became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts in 1959. He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. | Mercury Program, Apollo Program, Moon …
网页2024年8月20日 · Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (born November 18, 1923, East Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.—died July 21, 1998, Monterey, California) was the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space.
Alan Shepard: First American in Space - National Air and Space Museum
网页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.
First American In Space: The Flight of Alan B. Shepard
网页2021年5月5日 · Freedom 7 parachuted into the Atlantic just 15 minutes and 22 seconds later, after attaining a maximum velocity of 5,180 mph. Shepard, a Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut, became the first American to fly in space.
60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
网页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.
Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961 - National Air and Space Museum
网页2021年4月30日 · 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.
Shepard’s Mercury Flight Was First Step on the Long Journey to …
网页2016年5月2日 · Three weeks later, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew aboard a Mercury spacecraft he named Freedom 7. It was a short, 15-minute flight into space, but it was a “small step” that has led to many “giant leaps.”
Alan Shepard: First American in Space
网页2018年10月10日 · 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.