Surf these sites: Moon and the Clones -- Time.com - With the death of Alan Shepard, the future looks a little retrograde. Shepard, Alan -- (Encyclopedia.com) Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr -- Encarta Online Concise - Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr (1923-1998), United States astronaut, born in East Derry, New Hampshire. Shepard was one of the first seven astronauts and the first American in space. Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr. -- 1923–1998, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot. On May 5, 1961, under the U.S. space program Project Mercury, he became the first American to be launched into space.
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