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Alan Shepard: 1st American in Space
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Alan Shepard at the Launch Platform
Alan Shepard stands next to a launch platform in 1959. Asked his thoughts on the rocket that would take him to space, he joked, "The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder."
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Alan B. Shepard
Photo: Ralph Morse./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Sep 01, 1959
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