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Identifier
F07_001_02
Date
1-1-1961
Description
This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Men, Astronauts, Shepard- Alan B. (Alan Bartlett) 1923-1998, Biography
Rights
This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Repository
Recommended Citation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "052 Back Side of Photograph Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Biography" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 52.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/52
Language
eng
Transcription
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. November 18, 1923 - Best Known For: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American launched into space on May 5, 1961. Background: Alan Shepard is a 1944 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. His naval aviation career led him to test pilot status. In 1959, he was selected for the first NASA astronaut group. On May 5, 1961, Shepard made the first American suborbital space flight in the Mercury-Redstone 3 Freedom 7 spacecraft. He was named mission commander of the Apollo 14 mission and in 1971 became the fifth man to walk on the Moon. Shepard achieved the rank of Rear Admiral USN. Following the Apollo mission, he became chief of the Astronaut Office of NASA. He served there until his retirement from NASA and the Navy in 1974, when he entered private industry.
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Men, Astronauts, Shepard- Alan B. (Alan Bartlett) 1923-1998, Biography
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