The first lunar golf shot that went for "miles and miles and miles" occurred on Feb. 6, 1971. Carlos Villagomez owns a golf ball that he believes was flown to the moon. If indeed it was, he may ...

“The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball” tells the story of Houston barber Carlos Villagomez and his friendship with astronaut Alan Shepard. The book details the story of that third ball ...

Fifty-three years ago Monday, Derry, New Hampshire, native Alan Shepard walked on the moon while on the Apollo 14 mission on Feb. 5, 1971.Shepard was the commander of the mission that launched on ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...

Kent-based Blue Origin has successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the company’s New ...

Bowe's first thought after landing: "I'm ready to go back." Today, I had an opportunity to be on a flight that mimicked [Alan Shepard's] trajectory and allowed me to carry the legacy of my ...

Yeah. The US space program reached *** monumental milestone on May 5, 1961 when NASA sent the first American into space. Alan Shepherd was the only astronaut aboard the freedom seven space capsule ...

One way she did so was by likening their trip to the truly historic 1961 flight taken by “Right Stuff” astronaut Alan Shepard. As a member of NASA’s original Mercury 7 astronauts in the ...

Astronauts must adhere to a strict space diet, and their pre-launch meal is also carefully selected. Before launch, they eat ...

Carlos Villagomez was gifted this golf ball by Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard soon after the moonwalker returned from the moon in 1971. Did this Maxfli ball reveal Shepard's secret?.