Alan Shepard Quotes


We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point.


Citations

Shepard, Alan. Interview. Academy of Achievement, 19 Feb. 1991.

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Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
  • Born: November 18, 1923
  • Died: July 21, 1998
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Naval Aviator, Test Pilot, Astronaut

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second man and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon.