The death of Alan Shepard, one of the pioneers of American space flights, one of the twelve astronauts has set foot on the lunar ground. Died Tuesday, July 21 at the age of 74, several people paid tribute to him, among them, the American President Bill CLINTON (vo trad. off): "He led humanity beyond our planet, he opened a new era of space exploration..."
A portrait of American astronaut Alan Shepard, he is part of the group that made the first manned flight of NASA’s space program. In 1971, he was selected to command the Apollo 14 mission, which aimed at landing.
The INA Galaxy 
