Alan Shepard
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title:
Alan Shepard
text:
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. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1947, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he ma
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American astronaut and lunar explorer (1923–1998)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard
date created:
2002-07-23T13:51:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:40:49Z
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