Who Was Alan Shepards Wife Louise Brewer?

Publish date: 2024-05-06

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman.

In 1961, Alan Shepard became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon.

Alan Shepard was born on November 18, 1923 in East Derry, Derry, New Hampshire.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Alan Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II.

Alan Shepard became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950 and was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961, made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7.

Alan Shepard became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space, and the first space traveler to manually control the orientation of his craft.

In the final stages of Project Mercury, Alan Shepard was scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10), which was planned as a three-day mission.

Alan Shepard named Mercury Spacecraft 15B Freedom 7 II in honor of his first spacecraft, but the mission was canceled.

Alan Shepard was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 to July 1969 (the approximate period of his grounding), and from June 1971 until his retirement from the United States Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.

Alan Shepard was promoted to rear admiral on August 25, 1971, the first astronaut to reach that rank.

Who Was Alan Shepard’s Wife Louise Brewer?

Louise Brewer Shepard and Alan Shepard got married in 1945 till her death in 1998.

Louise Shepard was known to have the following nicknames; Lady Louise, Frosty, the Ice Queen.

Louise Shepard was nicknamed Saint Louise, because she acted with poise and often hid her feelings for the benefit of her husband.

Louise Shepard raised three daughters, including her sister’s daughter, due to her sister’s death.

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