Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project

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Highlights

Alan Bartlett Shepard was the first American to enter space. He was born on 18 November 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire. He died, of leukemia on 21 July 1998 in Pebble Beach, California.

Mercury Mission

Shepard flew Spacecraft 7 a.k.a Freedom 7 on the MR-3 mission.

Shepard was slated to fly again in spacecraft 15 a.k.a Freedom 7-II on the MA-10 mission, but this mission was cancelled when the program was terminated.

G60-02665 Alan Shepard wearing the personal parachute

S61-00220 Alan Shepard in Mercury pressure suit

USF.61-mr3-109 Shepard in Freedom 7 pre-launch

S61-02727 On the U.S.S. Champlain after MR-3

Technical Reponsibilities During Project Mercury

Shepard concentrated on the tracking range and recovery operations, acting as a liaison with the Navy recovery teams.

Biography

Light This Candle : The Life & Times of Alan Shepard--America's First Spaceman by Neal Thompson ISBN 0609610015

See also

Alan Shepard in the Wikipedia