【美国人物志】阿朗·谢巴德 (1/8)
阿朗·谢巴德，美国宇航员，他在1961年5月5日的一次15分钟飞行中，成为第一个进入太空的美国人。Hints:
Alan Shepard
Freedom Seven
Atlantic Ocean
the Soviet Union
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201203/201203170621254215997.mp3"Three, two, one, zero...liftoff!"
"Roger, liftoff and the clock has started."
The clock has started. With those words, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. He was in a small spacecraft called Freedom Seven. It was on top of a huge rocket traveling at more than 8,000 kilometers an hour.
15 minutes later, Freedom Seven came down in the Atlantic Ocean. Alan Shepard was a national hero. He had won an important victory for the United States. The date was May Fifth, 1961. The United States and the Soviet Union were in a tense competition for world influence. And this competition was reaching even into the cold darkness of space.
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