America’s first astronaut Alan Shepard (left) is all smiles during water egress training in 1970 with his Apollo 14 crewmates Stuart Roosa and Ed Mitchell (right). They would fly to the moon the ...

A former NASA scientist explains how we know whether Blue Origin New Shepard made it to space, and how its altitude compares ...

Jul 14, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 Updated Jul 15, 2019 The late Alan Shepard of Derry became the fifth person to walk on the moon and at 47 the oldest ever, but his closest observers maintain this fierce ...

Related: Alan Shepard: 1st American in space What Shepard ... lunar sample collection device that was already on board the Apollo 14 lunar module. (Shepard donated the flown club to the United ...

Alan Shepard, America's first and oldest astronaut ... Announcer: So after missing a moon landing in 1970, the Apollo 14 and 15 moon missions of 1971 put the United States that much closer to ...

Ten years after becoming America’s first man in space, Alan Shepard takes a break on a return trip, this time as commander of Apollo 14, to hit a couple of golf balls on the Moon February 6 ...