Sixty-five years ago yesterday, New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to slip the surly bonds of Earth, etc., etc., etc.—his suborbital flight really little more than a cannon ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon ...

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler. Shepard made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7. Gray Media, parent company of WDBJ7, is celebrating ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WCSC) — 37-year-old Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. The Navy Pilot rode a Project Mercury capsule 115 miles in a suborbital flight and came back ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But what happened once Alan Shepard stepped into the space capsule? Alan Shepard ...

Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmond Brothers, has died, Fox News Digital confirms. He was 76. Donny Osmond paid tribute to Alan with a heartfelt post to his Instagram, where he shared a black ...

Alan Osmond, oldest member of the famed family singing group The Osmonds, has died, leaving a legacy of having "quietly carried so much responsibility so the rest of us could shine," his loved ones ...

Alan Osmond, eldest member of his brothers’ band, The Osmonds, died Monday after a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. Osmond, who was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease in 1987 ...

Eighth graders at Barrington Middle School are lobbying New Hampshire legislators to preserve Alan Shepard’s legacy in a mountainous way. Jeff Durell and the students in his civics class drafted, ...

Mass Effect is beloved for so many reasons, especially for its memorable and moving writing. There are so many great lines in the series, from the meme-worthy (“Can it wait for a bit? I'm in the ...

Dax Shepard is catching heat for sharing an intimate story about the late Eric Dane nearly two months after his death. During a recent appearance on the "All There Is with Anderson Cooper" podcast, ...

The Dallas Wings made another move in free agency over the weekend with forward Jessica Shepard agreeing to join the team on a multi-year deal. The Wings officially announced the move Saturday.