“But of all that he saw, what gripped him the most were the light flashes in the darkened atmosphere that he had seen before—but always high, high above him. Meteors blazing through the atmosphere, shooting stars beneath him, the fireflies… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
“If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.” — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here. — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Then I thought, with the same clubhead speed, the ball's going to go at least six times as far. There's absolutely no drag, so… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
