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:

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


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