Plastic packaging manufacturers Amcor and Berry Global Group entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction that is valued at $8.43 billion. The deal represents a premium ...

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 ...

(WPTA) - On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. The U.S. mission happened less than one month after a Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space. Shepard’s ...

LAKEHURST, N.J. (WHSV) - Almost 90 years ago on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg dirigible burst into flames in the sky above Lakehurst, New Jersey. KENT, Ohio (WHSV) - Over 50 years ago on May 4, 1970, ...

(WHSV) - Sixty-five years ago on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. Shepard’s historic trip aboard the Freedom 7 capsule sent him into space for 15 minutes, reaching a ...

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 ...

VIDEO: This Day in History: May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen kill 4 students during Kent State protest ...

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 ...

National Astronaut Day 2026: On May 5, Americans celebrated the 10th anniversary of National Astronaut Day. While this observance was officially established in 2016, its roots stretch back 65 years to ...

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 ...

NFL wide receiver Sterling Shepard was all smiles while partying in the desert at Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif. this past weekend, as seen in an Instagram carousel post. Shepard, who’s an ...