Alan Shepard

I didn’t mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than…

I’d like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years…

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to…

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all…

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on…

It’s a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one’s safety…

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being…

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at…

We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those…

I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance…