Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon. Shepard was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 to July 1969, and from June 1971 until his retirement from the United States Navy and NASA...
