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 ...

Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have been exploring space for more than two decades and the space race is beginning to ...

It was a special tribute on what would have been Alan B. Shepard Jr.'s 101st birthday. A restored portrait of the first ...

Winter Park power couple Marc and Sharon Hagle returned to space on a short suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New ...

Blue Origin sent six more people to the edge of space, including the first married couple to make two trips together to the ...

Blue Origin has raised its multi-stage New Glenn rocket once again, and it's visible from Brevard beaches. The company aims ...

Jul 14, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 Updated Jul 15, 2019 The late Alan Shepard of Derry ... “The Right Stuff,” Shepard became the first American to travel in space.

It’s dedicated to Christa McAuliffe, a Concord High School social studies teacher who was selected by NASA to be the first ...

The New Shepard rocket, named after the first American in space Alan Shepard, is designed for suborbital space tourism. Passengers can experience a few minutes of weightless as the spacecraft ...

Alan Shepard, America's first and oldest astronaut ... For Russia, the year in space was both triumphant and tragic. They launched the world's first space station in April, and they had a ...