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Alan Shepard

Born

in Derry, New Hampshire, The United States

November 18, 1923

Died

July 21, 1998

Genre

Science

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Astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard, Junior, the first American in space on 5 May 1961, also commanded the mission of Apollo 14 to the Moon in 1971.

This retired rear admiral in the Navy of the United States, an aviator, the second person. Ten years later, he, the fifth such person, walked.

People original named him for Mercury in 1959. After Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, he the second such person, reached 116 miles of altitude during a suborbital flight. Prosper Ménière's disease, an inner ear condition, grounded him until an operation in 1969 fixed the problem. During the third lunar exploration from 31 January to 9 February 1971, he, the first and only such man, golfed.

Two years after diagnosis with leukemia, he died.
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	Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree 4.16 avg rating — 4,010 ratings — published 1994 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves by Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John Glenn 4.10 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 1962 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: NASA’s Moon Landing Program by James C. Fletcher, Alan Shepard, James E. Webb 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rare Antique MOON SHOT Alan Shepard SIGNED 1st Edition 3rd Printing SPACE Astronaut ASTRONOMY [Hardcover] Alan Shepard it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Shot; the Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Astronaut's Library, Limited Edition by Alan Shepard, James Lovell, Frank Borman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Osprey's Battles of World War II (4 volume set) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings by Jay Barbree (2014-01-21) by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marlowe's Soldiers: Rhetorics of Masculinity in the Age of the Armada 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”
― Alan Shepard

tags: bidding, contracts, government, outer-space, realization, safety, space-exploration, space-travel

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“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.”
― Alan Shepard

tags: earth, humanity, inspirational, space

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“If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.”
― Alan Shepard, Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon

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