As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But ...
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Alan Shepard, the first American in space, once said the words America needs to hear in 2026
The astronaut slipped the surly bonds of Earth sixty-five years ago yesterday.
On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming ...
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