If you like Admiral Alan Shepard's story, you might also like:
Chuck Yeager, Robert Ballard, Story Musgrave and Daniel Goldin

Teachers can find prepared lesson plans featuring Alan Shepard in the Achievement Curriculum section:
Earth Day
The Cosmos

Related Links:
NASA
SPACE.com
Kennedy Space Center

Our Most Viewed Honorees:
Maya Angelou
Benazir Bhutto
Johnny Cash
Benjamin Carson
Sir Edmund Hillary
Quincy Jones
Hamid Karzai
Coretta Scott King
George Lucas
Willie Mays
Frank McCourt
Antonia Novello
Rosa Parks
Colin Powell
Jonas Salk
Amy Tan
Desmond Tutu
James Watson
Elie Wiesel
Oprah Winfrey
John Wooden
Chuck Yeager