May 5 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American to go into space.On May 5, 1961, Shepard's ...

On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone rocket in a space capsule named Freedom 7. This was the ...

On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard became the first American and the second human in space when he made a successful suborbital spaceflight aboard his Mercury capsule, Freedom 7. A.S.Ganesh takes a ...

View [Mercury Redstone 3] 'MAN, WHAT A RIDE!': the triumphant return of the first American in space Alan Shepard after his historic mission aboard Freedom 7 (1961) By Conger Dean; vintage gelatin ...

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.

View [Mercury Redstone 3] ALAN SHEPARD READY TO MAKE HISTORY: the first American in space minutes before launch aboard Freedom 7 (1961) By Taub Bill; vintage gelatin silver print; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x ...

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard boarded the Freedom 7 spacecraft, which was placed on a Redstone rocket. The Cape Canaveral, Florida launch was an important moment in space history.

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made history. Before lifting off, Shepard reportedly said to himself, "Don't mess up, Shepard." He spent 15 minutes flying in the Mercury capsule "Freedom 7," before a ...

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NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. became the first American to travel into space on May 5, 1961, with the successful launch of the Freedom 7 space capsule. Skip to content NOWCAST KCRA 3 News at 6pm ...