Shepard's Freedom 7 flight which made him the first American to enter space lasted 15 minutes 28 seconds.
Shepard's Apollo 14 mission to the moon lasted 9 days, 1 minute, 58 seconds.
The first U.S. manned suborbital space flight, conducted by Alan Shepard in 1961, lasted approximately 15 minutes. Shepard's Freedom 7 spacecraft reached an altitude of about 116 miles before returning to Earth.
Alan Shepard, not to be confused with Alan Shepherd (who was a British motorcyclist), was in space for 216 hours and 57 minutes.
Alan Shepard was the first American to travel to space on May 5, 1961. His flight, known as the Freedom 7 mission, lasted about 15 minutes and 22 seconds before he splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
The first US manned space flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, also known as Freedom 7, took place on May 5, 1961. The flight, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard, lasted approximately 15 minutes and 22 seconds. During this brief suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of about 116.5 miles (187.5 kilometers) before safely returning to Earth.
That would be Alan B. Shepard, who was also the first American in space.
The first U.S. manned suborbital space flight, conducted by Alan Shepard in 1961, lasted approximately 15 minutes. Shepard's Freedom 7 spacecraft reached an altitude of about 116 miles before returning to Earth.
Alan Shepard, not to be confused with Alan Shepherd (who was a British motorcyclist), was in space for 216 hours and 57 minutes.
Alan Shepard was the first American to travel to space on May 5, 1961. His flight, known as the Freedom 7 mission, lasted about 15 minutes and 22 seconds before he splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The first US manned space flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, also known as Freedom 7, took place on May 5, 1961. The flight, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard, lasted approximately 15 minutes and 22 seconds. During this brief suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of about 116.5 miles (187.5 kilometers) before safely returning to Earth.
That would be Alan B. Shepard, who was also the first American in space.
15 years.He joined in 1959 and left in 1974See related link for more information
It depends on where you begin your flight.
Alan Shepherd was selected as one of the Mercury 7 astronauts in 1959, his first mission into space was in 1961, his last mission was Apollo 14 in 1971, and he retired from NASA in 1974. Time between his first and last mission was 10 years. Time between recruitment and retirement was 15 years.
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Alan Shepard was not on the moon. He was the first American to travel to space in 1961 and the fifth person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. During his time on the moon, he spent a total of about 9 hours conducting experiments and exploring the lunar surface.
The flight would last around 21 hours.