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

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

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 ...

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

Bowe wasn't the only private astronaut representing a nation's milestone in space. Nguyễn became the first Vietnamese woman to fly to space. The mission also carried the 100th person to fly on a ...

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

In 2019, Thailand crowned a new king for the first time in nearly 70 decades -- Maha Vajiralongkorn. In 2022, President Joe ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone rocket in a space capsule named ...

Now that Blue Origin's latest star-studded spaceflight has come and gone, some may be wondering, "when will it be my turn?" ...