Alan Shepard
Astronaut
Notable Achievement
First American in space
Biography
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.
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Birthday Date
Alan Shepard was born on November 18