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The Space Shuttle’s Solemn and Sad Flight Over New York
In 1961, they wheeled a black-and-white TV into my seventh-grade class so we could watch a real American (Alan Shepard, not some commie Russian) go into space, the New Frontier. Today, more than 50 years later in Red Hook, about 50 people, way fewer than those shopping at the nearby
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: The First American In Space
Fifty years ago today, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, getting there 23 days after Yuri Gagarin. Shepard launched at 9:34 AM on May 5, 1961 from Cape Canaveral and landed fifteen minutes later. Here's... Read Post
U.S. Launches Astronaut Alan Shepard: 'Boy What a Ride!'
May 6, 1961: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was rocketed 115 miles above the Earth in a flawless suborbital flight and recovered safely 302 miles down the Atlantic Missile Range to become America's first man in space, Times space-avi... Read Post
Alan Shepard becomes first American in Space
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 mission and became the first American in space. The flight lasted only 16 minutes, during which Shepard basically went straight up and then down. Later Shepard commanded A... Read Post