Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA's first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program.

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Other missions abandoned various tools, from tongs to rakes. On Apollo 14, astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls out into the moonscape that were never retrieved. These items are part of the ...

Alan Shepard, America's first and oldest astronaut ... Announcer: So after missing a moon landing in 1970, the Apollo 14 and 15 moon missions of 1971 put the United States that much closer to ...

Jul 14, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 Updated Jul 15, 2019 The late Alan Shepard of Derry became the fifth person to walk on the moon and at 47 the oldest ever, but his closest observers maintain this fierce ...

After Apollo 13's near-disaster and aborted Moon landing, Apollo 14 (1971) saw America's first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed Mitchell as lunar module pilot. Shepard ...

Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the mission's first spacewalk. He was photographed by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr ...