Career record
Flights
3
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
6d 2h
Career EVA time
9h 22m
Spacewalks
0
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.
Launches
- Apollo LM | Apollo 14 — Commander · Success · February 6, 1971 · 18:48 UTC
- Saturn V | Apollo 14 — Commander · Success · January 31, 1971
- Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 3 — Pilot · Success · May 5, 1961
Born 1923-11-18 · died 1998-07-21