It was a special tribute on what would have been Alan B. Shepard Jr.’s 101st birthday. A restored portrait of the first American in space was unveiled Monday night at Pinkerton Academy in Derry ...

Laura Shepard Churchley's (left) father became the first US astronaut in space in 1961 The daughter of the first US astronaut, Alan Shepard, has blasted into space - 60 years after her father's ...

From left, first row: Walter Schirra Jr., Donald Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Back row: Alan Shepard Jr., Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper. Veteran NBC space correspondent Jay Barbree ...

Jul 14, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 Updated Jul 15, 2019 The late Alan Shepard of Derry became the fifth person to walk on the moon and at 47 the oldest ever, but his closest observers maintain this fierce ...