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Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard

American astronaut
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 fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47. Wikipedia
Born: November 18, 1923, East Derry, Derry, NH
Died: July 21, 1998 (age 74 years), Pebble Beach, Del Monte Forest, CA
Space missions: Apollo 14 and Mercury-Redstone 3
First space flight: Mercury-Redstone 3
Spouse: Louise Brewer (m. 1945–1998)