Published on
Jan 28, 2026
To boldly go... The story of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space
The first US citizen – and only the second human being – ever to travel into space was Alan Shepard, a US astronaut with a background in naval aviation. In 1961 Alan Shepard made up the entire one-man crew of the NASA spacecraft Mercury-Redstone 3 (or ‘ …
Source:
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
-
Pending
