Yes, but not during his historic Mercury 3 flight in 1961. That flight was a ballistic sub-orbital flight and only lasted 15 minutes.
During the Apollo 14 mission 1in 1971, Shepard and crew completed one full orbit before departing for the moon.
No, Alan Shepard was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, but he did not achieve orbit.
Alan Shepard had been the first American astronaut in space in 1961. Glenn was the first American to circle the Earth.
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Alan Shepard was the first American in space
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
First American in space. Just up then down. John Glenn is the first American to orbit the earth.
Well the first american in space was alan sheaperd, john glenn was first to orbit earth tho.
No, Alan Shepard was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, but he did not achieve orbit.
Alan Shepard became the first American to go into space. He was beaten by Yuri Gagarin just 23 days earlier but with hindsight had the United States Government not delayed he could have been the first man in space. But he did not go into Earth-orbit as Gagarin did. The first American to orbit the Earth was John Glenn and later Shepard was to feel overshadowed by Glenn.
Alan Shepard's birth name is Shepard Jr., Alan Bartlett.
Alan Shepard had been the first American astronaut in space in 1961. Glenn was the first American to circle the Earth.
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Alan Shepard was the first American in space
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Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
Alan Shepard was born on November 18, 1923.