Go, SpaceX! Pending weather conditions and cloud cover, Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, can be seen ...

On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over the next 15 minutes, Shepard ascended ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND — A pioneering pediatric neurosurgeon who operated on children with brain tumors for 40 years says technology alone was never enough to heal them. Dr. Alan R. Cohen is Chief of Pediatric ...

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 ...

The excitement of the Artemis II launch, still fresh in our minds, reminds us of what science makes possible—wonder and awe, ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But ...

The rocket's mission is to deploy 24 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch window opens at 7 p.m. PT, providing a potential evening viewing opportunity for spectators ...

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 ...

Two Florida rocket launches are scheduled for April 27, and one of them is expected to bring a sonic boom. Here are the best places to see liftoff.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission's purpose is to deploy 25 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The ...