Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

A US astronaut has become the first Native American woman in space following a Nasa launch on Wednesday, Marine Colonel Nicole Mann, 45, is one of four astronauts who blasted off from Florida at ...

8, 1961, roughly three months after astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space in his Friendship 7 capsule on May 5. Directed by Matt Shakman ("WandaVision") and starring Pedro ...

Named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space, this suborbital vehicle was designed to carry both payloads and passengers into space and return them safely to Earth. The New Shepard was ...

Nov. 4, 2024. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” approach to foreign policy, emphasizing reduced U.S ...

But there's much more to it than that. There's the should-be-obvious — the first American in space and fifth man to walk on the moon was Derry's Alan Shepard. And the not-so-obvious — a U.S ...

A restored portrait of the first American in space was unveiled Monday night at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where Shepard spent his high school years and graduated as a member of the Class of 1940.

The American Space Museum’s first mission is preservation, followed closely by education and inspiration. We offer one-of-a-kind features such as John Glenn’s hard hat from Project Mercury ...