Whether they had been fascinated by space for a lifetime or since the third grade, attendees cheered as the rocket lifted off ...

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. Born in 1923, Shepard was a decorated pilot with the United States Navy before he was recruited to become one of the Mercury ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barrington students are leading an effort to rename a New Hampshire mountain peak after astronaut Alan Shepard, according to a ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...