Alan Shepard ✓

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American astronaut (1923–1998)

About Alan Shepard

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.

Notable works:

Moon shot

All Alan Shepard Quotes

Why don't you light that candle ? Candle
The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like that,… All
They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Any
It's been a long way, but we're here. Been

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