In 1971, Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 landing. Many years later, he reminisced about that historic event, saying "What a neat place to whack a golf ball." #NationalGolfDay | U.S. Space & Rocket Center

60 years ago today, astronaut Alan Shepard climbed into the Freedom 7 capsule for a sub-orbital flight 115 miles above the Earth’s surface, becoming the first American in space. Soon-to-be Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite reported from Cape Canaveral. | CBS Evening News

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#OTD in 1961, Naval aviator Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. Graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944, Shepard became one of the Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959. He would walk on the moon in 1971 as commander of Apollo 14. #NationalAstronautDay | U.S. Naval Institute