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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut.In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
Alan Shepard: Married until his death in 1998. Marjorie Lunney (1955) Deke Slayton: Divorced 1978 Group 2 (New Nine) Jan Shearon (1956) Neil Armstrong: Divorced 1994 Susan Bugbee (1950) Frank Borman: Married until her death in 2021 Jane DuBose (1953) Pete Conrad: Divorced 1988 Marilyn Gerlach (1952) Jim Lovell: Married until her death in 2023
All were married with children, and all were Protestants. [21] Their ages at the time of selection ranged from 32 (Cooper) to 37 (Glenn). Shepard was the tallest, at the maximum height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m); Grissom, the shortest at 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m).
There he met his first wife, Trudy B. Olson (1927–1994) of Seattle, through the local flying club. She was active in flying, and would later become the only wife of a Mercury astronaut to have a private pilot certification. They were married on August 29, 1947, in Honolulu, when both were 20 years old. They had two daughters. [2] [4] [8]
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (/ ˈ l ʌ v əl / ⓘ LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26 between 1938 and 1942) [a] is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence ...
If you thought the “Right Stuff” storyline where Alan Shepard’s wife Louise changed her niece’s name to “Martha” seemed a bit far-fetched — even for a TV show — then you might want ...
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