alan shepard

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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. () was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (born , East Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.died , Monterey, California) was the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space. Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. He was the first person from the US and the second person to enter. U.S. Navy test pilot Alan Shepard joined the astronaut program in 1959. He became the first American and the second man in space on , when he piloted the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on.