Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard was an American naval aviator and astronaut who became the first American in space in 1961 and walked on the Moon during Apollo 14.

Gus Grissom: Virgil “Gus” Grissom was an American astronaut who flew Mercury and Gemini missions and died in the Apollo 1 fire. Grissom and Shepard were the first two Americans to fly in space.
Freedom 7: Freedom 7 was the Mercury spacecraft that carried Alan Shepard on the first American human spaceflight. This capsule carried Shepard’s historic 1961 flight.
Mercury spacecraft: The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s single-occupant capsule for its first human spaceflight program. Shepard flew inside this capsule during his 1961 spaceflight.
Space Race: The Space Race was the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in space exploration. His first flight answered a major Soviet achievement in human spaceflight.
John Glenn: John Glenn was an American astronaut who became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. Glenn followed Shepard’s suborbital flight with the first American orbital mission.
Mercury-Redstone 3: Mercury-Redstone 3 was the 1961 mission that carried Alan Shepard on a suborbital flight. The mission made Shepard the first American in space.
Redstone rocket: The Redstone rocket was a liquid-fueled launch vehicle used for early American suborbital spaceflights. It launched Shepard’s Mercury capsule on a short suborbital trajectory.
Vostok 1: Vostok 1 was the 1961 Soviet mission that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human orbital flight. Gagarin reached orbit before Shepard’s suborbital flight, setting the challenge for the United States.
Deke Slayton: Deke Slayton was a Mercury astronaut and NASA flight-crew director who later flew on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Slayton selected Shepard to command Apollo 14 after his grounding ended.
Apollo 14: Apollo 14 was the 1971 mission that landed astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on the Moon. Shepard commanded this lunar landing mission.

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