Shepard in Space
54 years ago today, Alan Shepard, a former Navy pilot, was launched into space aboard the Mercury Freedom 7, becoming the first American and second human ever to make that trip (depiction of the lead up to this flight brought to you here by "The Right Stuff"). Almost ten years later. Shepard went into space again, as commander of Apollo 14, and became the first man to hit a golf ball on the moon.