On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. Born in 1923, Shepard was a decorated pilot with the United States Navy before he was recruited to become one of the Mercury ...

The space race was a big deal in the 1960s, and the astronauts were the celebrities of their era, but why did almost all of ...

While the Artemis II astronauts continue their mission in space, local space enthusiasts are celebrating their own way.

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...