庆祝宇航员艾伦·谢泼德100岁生日
Born barely 20 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Alan Shepard grew up to fly combat missions in World War II, test multiple new aircraft, become the first American in space, and ultimately hit the first golf shot on the Moon. Born on Nov. 18, 1923, Shepard lifted off in the Freedom 7 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 5, 1961, beginning 62 years of Americans’ journeys into space. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles. Grounded soon after by an inner-ear disorder, Shepard served as head of the astronaut office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Corrective surgery returned him to flight status, and in 1971, he commanded Apollo 14, the third lunar landing mission.
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艾伦·谢泼德出生于莱特兄弟第一次飞行后不到20年,他长大后在第二次世界大战中执行战斗任务,测试多种新飞机,成为第一个进入太空的美国人,并最终在月球上打了第一杆高尔夫球。谢泼德出生于1923年11月18日,1961年5月5日,他乘坐自由7号宇宙飞船从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角升空,开始了美国人62年的太空之旅。在15分钟的亚轨道飞行中,谢泼德到达了115英里的高度,飞行了302英里。不久后,谢泼德因内耳疾病停飞,他担任了NASA约翰逊航天中心宇航员办公室的负责人。矫正手术使他恢复了飞行状态,1971年,他指挥了阿波罗14号,这是第三次登月任务。
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