Alan Shepard

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Description:
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 - July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the second person and the first American astronaut in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth man to walk on the moon. Wikipedia
Born:
November 18, 1923
Died:
July 21, 1998
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Websites About Alan Shepard

  • Wikipedia

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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard

  • Astronaut Bio: Alan B....

    NAME: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.)
    www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/shepard-alan.html

  • U.S. Space Flight History

    Astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. was the first to manually control his spacecraft and gave a renewed hope to Americans.
    www.spaceflighthistory.com

Quotes by Alan Shepard

  • "You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing."
  • "It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."
  • "After I was strapped in and ready to go, we had to hold, because we had to change a generator in the Redstone rocket."