ALAN SHEPARD
Birthdate: 18.11.1923
Birthplace: East Derry / New Hampshire
Marital status: married
Children: two
Date of death: 22.07.1998
Place of death: Monterey / California
Spaceflights
No. Mission Job Time Duration
Apollo 14 CDR 31.01. - 09.02.1971 9d 00h 01m
Additional information
Bachelor of science from U.S. Naval Academy, 1944; two honorary doctorates; Rear
Admiral, USN, ret.; test pilot; he was the first American to fly in Space (Mercury
3, sub-orbital flight); from 1964 - 1970 grounded by NASA because of inner ear
complications (Meniere's syndrome); Chief of Astronaut Office from 1971 to 1974;
later Marathon Construction; then President, Seven Fourteen Enterprises, Houston;
he died of leukemia.
Birthdate: 18.11.1923
Birthplace: East Derry / New Hampshire
Marital status: married
Children: two
Date of death: 22.07.1998
Place of death: Monterey / California
Spaceflights
No. Mission Job Time Duration
Apollo 14 CDR 31.01. - 09.02.1971 9d 00h 01m
Additional information
Bachelor of science from U.S. Naval Academy, 1944; two honorary doctorates; Rear
Admiral, USN, ret.; test pilot; he was the first American to fly in Space (Mercury
3, sub-orbital flight); from 1964 - 1970 grounded by NASA because of inner ear
complications (Meniere's syndrome); Chief of Astronaut Office from 1971 to 1974;
later Marathon Construction; then President, Seven Fourteen Enterprises, Houston;
he died of leukemia.