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Margaret Jean Shepard Thomson, of Waco, died peacefully on April 27 following a lengthy battle with cancer. The memorial service will take place at 10:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, ...

"NCIS: Origins" has finally given us a clear idea of who led the team back in its earliest days -- and it won't be a total surprise to longtime fans.

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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 ...

On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone rocket in ...