Historic photograph showing astronaut Alan Shepard on the lunar surface, standing beside the American flag during the Apollo 14 mission. A key moment in the continued exploration of the Moon, ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But what happened once Alan Shepard stepped into the space capsule?

In this photo-feature published in the February 22, 1971 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Apollo 14 mission commander stands beside the Modularized Equipment ...

On Feb. 6, 1971, Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr. closed out his moonwalk with one of the most famous golf shots of all time. Shepard, an avid golfer, hit two balls using his makeshift Wilson Staff ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

Apollo 13 in April, 1970, was a near-disaster. An oxygen tank aboard the spacecraft exploded, taking away the opportunity to make NASA’s third lunar landing and very nearly killing the three ...