Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...

Jaden Hill has lived his entire life in one Maricopa home. Now, the Heritage Academy senior is setting his sights far beyond.

Shepard, a couple of weeks before his first spaceflight in May 1961. NASA It was Wernher von Braun who kept Alan Shepard from ... At Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, he had helped ...