Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the moon. Despite that illustrious resume, he might be best remembered by many of us for the time he hit two golf ...

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Historic photograph showing astronaut Alan Shepard on the lunar surface, standing beside the American flag during the Apollo 14 mission. A key moment in the continued exploration of the Moon, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon ...