Astronaut Alan Shepard "50 Years a Hero" - NASA Freedom 7 Space Flight- 5MAY1961-5MAY2011

"50 Years a Hero" Starsailor Alan Shepard 
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Alan Shepard 5MAY1961- First US Astronaut in Space
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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. Ten years later, he commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and became the fifth person to walk on the Moon. He also served as chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963–July 1969 and from June 1971–August 1, 1974. Shepard was promoted from captain to rear admiral (upper half) on December 1, 1971. He retired from the US Navy and NASA in 1974. ... (more)  
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard

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Mars Tribute Marks Memories of Shepard's Flight

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	Martian 'Freedom 7' Crater 50 Years After Freedom 7 Flight NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this stereo view of a crater informally named "Freedom 7" shortly before the 50th anniversary of the first American in space: astronaut Alan Shepard's flight in the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Images and Captions

The team exploring Mars via NASA's Opportunity rover for the past seven years has informally named a Martian crater for the Mercury spacecraft that astronaut Alan Shepard christened Freedom 7. On May 5, 1961, Shepard piloted Freedom 7 in America's first human spaceflight.
The team is using Opportunity this week to acquire images covering a cluster of small, relatively young craters along the rover's route toward a long-term destination. The cluster's largest crater, spanning about 25 meters (82 feet), is the one called "Freedom 7." The diameter of Freedom 7 crater, about 25 meters (82 feet), happens to be equivalent to the height of the Redstone rocket that launched Shepard's flight.  ... (more)
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20110504a.html