Alan Bartlett Shepard, born November 18, 1923, was the first American in space, and the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon! He also hit two golf balls on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission. In 1961, he achieved sub-orbit in Freedom 7 becoming the first American in space, just weeks after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space.
He passed away in 1998 at the age of 74.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard
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