Honorees at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Florida include this first American in space
... 1978 to the first U.S. 
astronaut class to include women, and became an ..... Jr., the first American in 
space, in the lunar module Antares, which touched down Feb. [DOC] [TLE] United States Astronaut Hall of Fame - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, located just south of Titusville, Florida, 
honored American astronauts ... Alan Shepard was the first American in space 
and later became one of the twelve people to walk on the Moon.