NASA selected the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to develop the Mercury spacecraft, which would later carry the first ...

Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the fifth person to ever walk on the Moon. According to Blue Origin, she has "dedicated her life to promoting what her father started." Four other ...

Alan Shepard entered the history books by being the first American in space. And while his launch was overshadowed by that of Yuri Gagarin - which beat his by only a few weeks - his career ...

The New Shepard rocket, named after the first American in space Alan Shepard, is designed for suborbital space tourism. Passengers can experience a few minutes of weightless as the spacecraft ...

(New Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space.) The shuttle flight made Glenn the oldest person to reach the final frontier, though he no longer holds that record.

May 5: Alan Shepard commands Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission, becoming the first American in space. His ballistic trajectory during the 15-minute flight takes him to a maximum height of 116 ...

On Jan. 9, 1959, NASA selected the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to develop the Mercury spacecraft, which would later carry the first American astronauts into space, Alan Shepard and Virgil ...

Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will be on board the New Shepard vehicle's first crewed flight on 20 July The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said he will fly to space with his brother on the first ...