Shepard

Alan Bartlett, Jr

USA

International order n°: 48

US astr. n°: 26

Member of the 1st suborbital flight of USA. Fifth man on the Moon (USA)

Personal data:

Birthdate:	18 Nov 1923
Birthplace:	East Derry / New Hampshire
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	02 Apr 1959
Selection group:	NASA-1
Job:	CDR
Status:	Ret. 01 Aug 1974
Date of death:	22 Jul 1998
Place of death:	Monterey / California

Suborbital Spaceflights (above 100 km):

No	Spaceship	Date & time launch (UTC)	Status while launch	Date & time landing (UTC)	Max. Altitude	Max.Speed	Duration
1	Mercury MR-3	05 May 1961 14:34 UT	Pilot	05 May 1961 14:49 UT	186 km	-	0h 15m 22s

Spaceflights:

N°	Launch spacecraft	Date and time launch (UT)	Status while launch	Landing Spacecraft	Date and time landing (UT)	Duration
1	Apollo-14	31 Jan 1971 21h.03m.02s	Cdr	Apollo-14	09 Feb 1971 21h.05m.00s	9d 00h 01m 58s
Total duration:						9d 00h 01m 58s

EVA′s:

Date of beginning	Time (UT) of beginning	Duration	Explanation
05 Feb 1971	14:42:13	4h 47m 50s	1st EVA: Shepard and Mitchell; LM of spacecraft "Apollo-14"
06 Feb 1971	08:11:15	4h 34m 41s	2nd EVA: Shepard and Mitchell; LM of spacecraft "Apollo-14"
Total:		9h 23m	EVAs: 2

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Mercury 9	Pilot

Additional information

Bachelor of science from U.S. Naval Academy, 1944; two honorary doctorates; Rear Admiral, USN, ret.; test pilot; he was the first American to fly in Space (Mercury 7); from 1964 - 1970 grounded by NASA because of inner ear complications (Meniere's syndrome); Chief of Astronaut Office; later Marathon Construction; then President, Seven Fourteen Enterprises, Houston; he died of leukemia.

Ref: #6, #16, #21, #101 - update: 13.04.20