Flight record
3 flights on padside's record, flying from 1961 to 1971.
3Flights
6d 2hTime in space
9h 22mEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Derry
- Education
- Naval War College; Admiral Farragut Academy; United States Naval Test Pilot School; United States Naval Academy; Pinkerton Academy
- Awards
- International Space Hall of Fame; Congressional Space Medal of Honor; National Aviation Hall of Fame; Langley Gold Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and 4 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Apollo LM | Apollo 14February 6, 1971 · 18:48 UTC
- Saturn V | Apollo 14January 31, 1971
- Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 3May 5, 1961
Born 1923-11-18 · died 1998-07-21, aged 74