Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...

Trying to dig herself, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez out of a P.R. debacle, King actually likened their Jeff Bezos space-tourism ride to Alan Shepard’s historic 1961 mission.

It’s been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S.

"Man, I gotta pee," Alan Shepard, America's soon-to-be first man in space, radioed to the launch control room from atop his ...

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch Complex 5 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [...] ...

Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space.

San Jose Councilmember Rosemary Kamei and preservationists have pleaded with the city to help facilitate the relocation of ...

The New Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space, which is in line with Blue Origin's history of naming spacecraft after notable astronauts. Like other flights, this ...

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...