CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 5 (AP) ─ Beaming "Boy, what a ride!" astronaut Alan B. Shepard Returned safely to earth Friday after blasting 115 miles into space ─ a perfect flight that gave the United ...

It was a special tribute on what would have been Alan B. Shepard Jr.’s 101st birthday. A restored portrait of the first American in space was unveiled Monday night at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where ...

First American in space and Derry native Alan B. Shepard Jr. would have been 100 years old on Saturday and a downtown museum space in his hometown honored the centennial celebration with a grand ...

Molly Rohloff, Elizabeth Duffy Donovan and Kristen Barrett will represent Shepard in the IHSA speech sectionals on Feb. 14.

(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John ...

50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight. May 5, 2011 — -- Fifty years ago today, astronaut Alan Shepard squeezed into a tiny Mercury capsule and challenged the heavens. He called his ...

Fifty years later, it remains the most impressive bunker shot in the history of golf, mainly because of the location. The moon. Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. and his crew brought back 42 ...