| Name: Shepard, Alan | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Rocket No. | Landing Date - Rocket No. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Freedom 7 | May 3, 1961 - Redstone 7 | May 3, 1961 - Redstone 7 |
| 2. Apollo 14 | January 31, 1971 - AS-509 | February 9, 1971 - AS-509 |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Mercury-Redstone 3A (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew The first manned flight of the Redstone launch vehicle was delayed for an additional test flight (MR-BD) after problems with the Redstone launch vehicle developed during the MR-2 test flight. |
| 1. Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3) |
First American in space Mercury-Redstone 3 used Spacecraft 7 (Freedom 7) |
| Mercury-Atlas 9A (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew Mercury-Atlas 9A originally would have used Spacecraft-19 in a 4th short flight before NASA decided to change to the longer one-day flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 with Spacecraft-20. |
| Faith 7 (Mercury-Atlas 9) |
Backup Pilot for Faith 7 Mercury-Atlas 9 used Spacecraft-20 (Faith 7) |
| Mercury-Atlas 10 (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew Mercury-Atlas 10 would have been used Spacecraft 15B (Freedom-7 II) in the second one-day flight. It was cancelled to allow NASA to concentrate on the Gemini program, which was behind schedule and over budget. |
| 2. Apollo 14 | Manned lunar landing at the Fra Mauro area - February 5, 1971 Lunar Lift Off - February 6, 1971 Command Module - Kitty Hawk (CSM-110) Lunar Module - Antares (LM-8) Moonwalker |
| Spacewalks - 2 | ||
| Space Flights | Date & Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo 14 | February 5, 1971 | Advanced Lunar Scientific Experiment Package deployment |
| 4 hours 49 minutes | ||
| Apollo 14 | February 6, 1971 | Geological traverse to rim of Cone Crater |
| 4 hours 46 minutes | ||
| Return to Master List | Mercury Program | Two Spaceflights | Spacewalkers |
| American Astronauts | Apollo Program | Moonwalkers |
Updated - June 10, 2006