ALAN B. SHEPARD, 1923-1998
The death of retired Navy Rear Adm. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., one of the seven original Mercury astronauts, the first American to fly in space and one of only 12 humans to land on the Moon, marks the passing of an icon of space exploration. Shepard died of leukemia July 21 at Community Hospital on the...
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