NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space - Android

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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space - Android

NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to send the first human ...

06/05/2021 05:06 PM