KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American-and the second man-to travel in space when he launched a 15-minute, sub-orbital flight aboard NASA’s Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shepard gets selected “Not because of the fame or the recognition, ‘’ Shepard once said, “but because America’s best test pilots went through this selection process, down to seven guys, and of those seven, I was the one to go.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. He was the first person from the U.S. and the second person to enter space.