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Posted on June 12, 2019

Even with all the problems, Shepard piloted the Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. Shepard became the fifth and, at the age of 47, the oldest man to walk on the Moon, and the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to do so.

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P7-Shepard, Alan

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P8-Shepard’s memorial stone in Derry, New Hampshire; his ashes were scattered at sea

P7-Shepard in 1995

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