Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...

The spaceflights are ones billionaire Jeff Bezos's space technology company has been offering since 2021. This time, six ...

Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space.

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch Complex 5 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [...] ...

It’s been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S.

Trying to dig herself, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez out of a P.R. debacle, King actually likened their Jeff Bezos space-tourism ride to Alan Shepard’s historic 1961 mission.

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

Blue Origin will launch an all-female crew April 14, 2025, from Texas. Flight suits have come a long way since Alan Shepard and Neil Armstrong slipped one on, with help. The suits being worn today ...

One way she did so was by likening their trip to the truly historic 1961 flight taken by “Right Stuff” astronaut Alan Shepard. As a member of NASA’s original Mercury 7 astronauts in the ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...

Here's everything to know about the New Shepard rocket that will be at the center of what is sure to be a headline-grabbing flight. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the ...