Alan Shepard

Born

November 18, 1923

Died

July 21, 1998 (aged 74)

Known as

naval officer, astronaut, aircraft pilot, entrepreneur

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.

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