May 5: Alan Shepard commands Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission, becoming the first American in space. His ballistic trajectory during the 15-minute flight takes him to a maximum height of 116 ...

Jul 14, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 Updated Jul 15, 2019 The late Alan Shepard of Derry ... “The Right Stuff,” Shepard became the first American to travel in space.

Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space, fifth human to walk on the ...

New Shepard is a reusable rocket-capsule combo named after Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space. The vehicle is best known for carrying paying customers on brief trips to suborbital space.

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard can hold up to six passengers for a brief voyage above the Kármán Line – the 62-mile-high internationally ...