When astronaut Alan Shepard took his first swing at a golf ball on the moon, he hit more dirt than ball.

当宇航员艾伦·谢泼德在月球上打出第一杆高尔夫球时，他扬起的更多是的沙尘。

youdao

Fifty years ago when Alan Shepard climbed inside his Mercury capsule to blast off into space, things were looking pretty grim for the fledgling U.S. space program.

五十年前，当艾伦·谢波德进入墨丘利号太空舱等待发射升空时，所有的一切对于羽翼未丰的美国太空计划都显得十分残酷。

youdao

Alan Shepard, the first US astronaut, would not be launched until almost a month later and then on a comparatively short suborbital flight.

阿兰·谢巴德，第一位美国宇航员，在近一个月之后才进入了太空，相比之下只进行了短暂的不满一整圈轨道的飞行。

youdao

Millions of radio listeners heard a voice from the Cape Canaveral control room say: "This is it,Alan Shepard,there's no turning back.

VOA: special.2011.05.15

A month later, on the morning of May fifth, American Navy pilot Alan Shepard crawled into his little Mercury spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

They were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper,John Glenn,Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra,Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Alan Shepard's trip on Freedom 7 into space only three weeks before was no real space voyage.

FORBES: The New Space Race: Follow The Talent

America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, who later walked on the moon in 1971's Apollo 14 mission, became a millionaire businessman.

CNN: After walking on moon, astronauts trod various paths

The first American in space, Alan Shepard, actually had no choice but to go in his suit while waiting on the launch pad.

NPR: Space Toilet Awaits Repair Mission