1. Despite a vigorous campaign on the part of Alan Shepard to get the chimp grounded, the doctors insisted.

2. He was Navy pilot Alan Shepard.

3. Alan Shepard, the first US astronaut, would not be launched until almost a month later and then on a comparatively short suborbital flight.

4. He was Alan Shepard.

5. Gagarin's flight was one month before Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

6. Alan Shepard reported: "Everything is A-Okay. " A helicopter pulled him from the spacecraft and carried him to a waiting ship.

7. It was used in 1961 during the fight flight of astronaut Alan Shepard.

8. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut astronaut Alan Shepard.