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Alan Shepard

Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon

United States · 1923–1998

Test pilot selected as one of NASA's original seven Mercury astronauts. Flew the suborbital Freedom 7 mission in May 1961, becoming the first American in space, and commanded Apollo 14 to the lunar surface in 1971.

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Question What are you most proud of? Identity & self read 96 other answers →
If it’s one thing, obviously it had to have been being selected to make the first manned space flight for the United States. That was competition at its best, not because of the fame or the recognition that went with it, but because of the fact that America’s best test pilots went through this selection process, down to seven guys, and of those seven, I was the first one to go. That always will be the most satisfying thing for me.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Houston, Texas, 1 February 1991 source ↗

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