Autographs of Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47. More about Alan Shepard
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A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1947, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7. His craft entered space, but was not capable of achieving orbit. He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space. In the final stages of Project Mercury, Shepard was scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10), which was planned as a three-day mission. He named Mercury Spacecraft 15B Freedom 7 II in honor of his first spacecraft, but the mission was canceled.
Shepard was designated as the commander of the first crewed Project Gemini mission, but was grounded in October 1963 due to Ménière's disease, an inner-ear ailment that caused episodes of extreme dizziness and nausea. This was surgically corrected in 1968, and in 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the Apollo Lunar Module Antares. He was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to walk on the Moon. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. Read even more about Alan Shepard at Wikipedia
Shepard was designated as the commander of the first crewed Project Gemini mission, but was grounded in October 1963 due to Ménière's disease, an inner-ear ailment that caused episodes of extreme dizziness and nausea. This was surgically corrected in 1968, and in 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the Apollo Lunar Module Antares. He was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to walk on the Moon. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. Read even more about Alan Shepard at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Alan Shepard
The most expensive item with a signature of Alan Shepard (Easton Press Moon Shot by Alan Shepard SIGNED w/ COA Astronauts Library) was sold in December 2022 for £542.44 while the cheapest item (Alan Shepard (Apollo 14) - Repro-Autogramm, 20x27cm, Signed Repro Autograph) found a new owner for £5.82 in April 2021. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2018 with an average selling price of £62.92 for an autographed item of Alan Shepard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2014 with £499.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £22.00 was August 2023. In average, an autographed item from Alan Shepard is worth £122.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Alan Shepard were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ALAN SHEPARD & STUART ROOSA SIGNED APOLLO 14 POSTAL COVER NASA ASTRONAUT | £199.99 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD APOLLO 14 SIGNED 10x8 NASA LITHOGRAPH UACC RD & AFTAL AUTOGRAPH | £249.99 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD APOLLO 14 SIGNED 8x10 LITHOGRAPH NASA ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH | £174.99 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD APOLLO 14 SIGNED BOOKPLATE UACC & AFTAL RD AUTOGRAPH | £149.99 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD APOLLO 14 SIGNED INVITATION UACC & AFTAL RD ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH | £149.99 | |
| Alan Shepard Astronaut Signed Copy Of Moon Shot | £60.00 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. . ASTRONAUT | £39.88 | |
| ALAN SHEPARD ORIGINAL SIGNED PAGE. APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT | £22.00 | |
| Apollo 14 Moonwalker Alan Shepard signed golf ball | £181.00 | |
| Astronaut ALAN SHEPARD †74 in 1998 `Its Not Unusual` TOM JONES @81 signed page & | £50.00 | |
| Authentic Alan Shepard NASA Signed Photo Frame With AFTAL Certificate | £160.00 | |
| Authentic Alan Shepard NASA Signed Photo Frame With AFTAL Certificate | £63.59 | |
| Autograph of Astronaut ALAN SHEPARD Apollo 14, Mercury, Redstone space missions | £135.00 | |
| Easton Press Moon Shot by Alan Shepard SIGNED w/ COA NASA Astronaut | £240.00 | |
| Rare Alan Shepard autograph | Hand-signed | 1st American in space | Mercury 1961 | £199.99 | |
Latest News about Alan Shepard
SpaceX astronauts name their spacecraft Freedom in tribute to first American in (03/24/22): Known as the Crew-4 mission, it will carry NASA's Kjell N. Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA's Samantha Cristoforetti to the ISS no earlier than April 19. 
Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard's 'lost' golf ball is discovered but it only tr (02/05/21): On February 6, 1971, the Apollo 14 mission commander hit two golf balls across the lunar surface as one of the final acts of NASA's third crewed Moon landing.