【美国人物志】阿朗·谢巴德 (2/8)
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:
the Soviet Union
Sputnik One
Yuri Gagarin
Navy, Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Junior
East Derry
New Hampshire
United States Naval Academy
World War Two
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201203/201203200834104682571.mp3In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first electronic satellite, Sputnik One. The United States successfully launched its first spacecraft less than four months later. Now the two sides were racing to see who could launch the first human space traveler.
On April 12th, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew in space for 108 minutes. He circled the Earth once. The Soviets again were winning the "space race," but not for long. Three weeks later the United States also put a man into space. He was a 37-year-old officer in the Navy, Alan Shepard.
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Junior, was born on November 18th, 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1944. He married soon after his graduation. Then he served for a short time on a destroyer in the Pacific during World War Two.
In 1947, Alan Shepard became a pilot in the Navy. Later he became a test pilot. The life of a test pilot can be very dangerous. It helped prepare Alan Shepard for an even greater danger in the future.
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