He was the first American in space!
Yes, Alan Shepherd is Albanian and American.
Alan Shepard, not to be confused with Alan Shepherd (who was a British motorcyclist), was in space for 216 hours and 57 minutes.
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Alan Shepherd
Alan Shepard accomplished the first US suborbital flight on May 5, 1961 aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft.
Yes...1998 age 74.
July 21st 1998
May 5th 1961
he is the first American to got to space!
Alan Shepherd ,Apollo 14
first american to go into space
The likely word is shepherd (sheep herder).The proper name may be Sheppard or Shepard (Alan Shepard, Jr., US astronaut).