【美国人物志】阿朗·谢巴德 (6/8)

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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。
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Cape Canaveral
Alan Shepard
re-entered
A-Okay

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The rocket slowly began climbing. Millions of radio listeners heard a voice from the Cape Canaveral control room say, "This is it, Alan Shepard, there's no turning back. Good luck from all of us here at the Cape."
The rocket rose higher and higher. For five minutes, Alan Shepard felt the weightlessness of space. He felt himself floating. Freedom Seven flew 185 kilometers high. Then it re-entered the atmosphere and the spacecraft slowed. The 15-minute flight ended with a soft splash into the ocean about 500 kilometers from Cape Canaveral.
Alan Shepard reported, "Everything is A-Okay." A helicopter pulled him from the spacecraft and carried him to a waiting ship.