On Jan. 9, 1959, NASA selected the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to develop the Mercury spacecraft, which would later carry ...

Blue Origin confirmed Monday that the company still expects the premiere launch of their massive ... rocket mimics the flight of Alan Shepard, who was the first American in space. The vehicle lifts ...

The space company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos will once again launch ... Shepard Churchley, who was also invited to join the crew, will get to fly on the rocket named after her father. Alan ...

Alan Shepard entered the history books by being the first American in space. And while his launch was overshadowed by that of Yuri Gagarin - which beat his by only a few weeks - his career ...

Blue Origin's fully stacked New Glenn rocket is standing tall on the launch pad ... known as New Shepard out of Van Horn, Texas. That single stage rocket mimics the flight of Alan Shepard ...