https://padlet.com/1513078/Bookmarks Made with wonder en-us 2022-03-10 15:37:46 UTC 2025-12-17 01:57:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f636.png 1513078 https://padlet.com/1513078/Bookmarks/wish/2088671054 Alan Shepard might be the second person to enter space but was also the first American to enter space as well. Alans first launch was freedom 7 in May 5, 1961. On Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent 9 days going to the moon and back. on the moon he played golf and collected many moon rocks to take back. He then died in 1998 of leukemia, a blood cancer.]]> 2022-03-10 16:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1513078/Bookmarks/wish/2088671054 1513078 https://padlet.com/1513078/Bookmarks/wish/2105538076 Before space  Alan participated in world war 2 and became a naval aviator. He then went on to become a test pilot in the navy. This is why Alan was one of the seven people NASA had chosen. when Alan was picked out of the seven it was because of his thirst for pushing boundaries. Unfortunately Alan was almost not allowed to go on Apollo 14 because of an ear infection he had, thankfully he got that cleared up and was able to go.]]> 2022-03-21 15:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1513078/Bookmarks/wish/2105538076