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Definition of Alan Shepard
1. Noun. Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alan Shepard
Literary usage of Alan Shepard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"After mission commander Alan Shepard and lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell had
checked out Antares, command module pilot Stuart Roosa pulled Kitty Hawk away ..."
2. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"... Wernher von Braun with the first seven astronauts 20 Launch of Alan Shepard
on Mercury-Redstone 20 Scale comparison of US manned space flight vehicles . ..."
3. The Problem With Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"Then, in July 1960, the von Braun team transferred to NASA as the George C.
Marshall Space Flight Center, in May 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American ..."
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