[DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard - Wikipedia [PAR] Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923  July 21, 1998) 
was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, one of the original NASA 
Mercury Seven astronauts, and businessman, who in May 1961 made the first 
manned Mercury flight. Shepard's craft entered space, but did not achieve orbit. ... 
He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space,... [DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard: First American in Space - Space.com [PAR] May 5, 2014 ... Alan Shepard rode Freedom 7 to become the first American in space. ... Upon his 
return home at the close of World War II, Shepard married Louise Brewer, ... 
Although Shepard was on the list, a snafu kept him from receiving his invitation. ... 
Fluid in his inner ear had built up, increasing the sensitivity of the... [DOC] [TLE] Who Was Alan Shepard? | NASA [PAR] Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first American in space. ... An inner ear problem 
stopped him from flying in space. ... 15, 1971, Shepard and Mitchell landed on 
the moon. ... Return to NASA Knows! ... What Did John Glenn Do Before He Was 
an Astronaut? ..... Astronauts also use tethers to keep tools from floating away. [DOC] [TLE] Alan B. Shepard Jr. Is Dead at 74; First American to Travel in Space [PAR] Jul 23, 1998 ... Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first American to fly in space, lifting national spirits at a ... 
that had never before flown into space with a person aboard and he did it. ... Ten 
years after the first flight, Mr. Shepard made a comeback from a serious inner-ear 
... 31, 1971, he took off for the Moon in Apollo 14, the first lunar... [DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard, First American Astronaut in Space: 50th Anniversary ... [PAR] May 5, 2011 ... But he became, that day, the first American ever to fly in space, and he is ... It may 
seem silly now, but Shepard's assignment to fly Freedom 7 was kept secret until 
the ... 1964, but then developed an inner-ear disorder, Meniere's disease. ... In 
1971, on Apollo 14, he became the fifth man to walk on the Moon. [DOC] [TLE] Alan Shepard: First American in Space - Armagh Planetarium [PAR] May 4, 2011 ... The first American in space, Alan Shepard, made his historic flight as part of 
Project Mercury. ... of delays before he was due to blast off into spaceon May 5, 
1961. ... did become the first astronaut to safely return to Earth inside his vehicle. 
... is an ailment affecting the inner ear causing problems with balance... [DOC] [TLE] The Doctor Behind Shepard's Apollo 14 Flight - latimes [PAR] Jul 25, 1998 ... Astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the first ... House 
performed delicate ear surgery on Shepard, allowing him to return to space in 
1971. ... It was known as Meniere's syndrome, a build-up of fluid in the inner ear. 
It not only affected Shepard's hearing and balance, but kept him in pain. [DOC] [TLE] The Why Not 100: 12 MOONWALKERS AND THEIR BOOKS [PAR] Jul 19, 2014 ... But Armstrong, who shied away from the spotlight until his death in 2012 at age 
82, ... Picking up the threads of his acclaimed 1973 autobiography, Return to 
Earth, ... The first American in space (aboard Freedom 7 on May 5, 1971) and the 
... in space in a mere hour's trip, developed inner ear problems that... [DOC] [TLE] The 12 Men Who Walked on the Moon | Mental Floss [PAR] Jul 20, 2015 ... Aldrin retired from NASA in 1971 and from the Air Force in 1972. ... Shepard was 
the first American launched into space aboard the ... Barred from flight during the 
Gemini program because of an inner ear problem, ... Before and after his Apollo 
mission, Shepard served as Chief of the Astronaut Office. [DOC] [TLE] Dr. William F. House dies at

Question: An inner ear disorder kept this first American in space from retuning to space until 1971
Answer: Alan B. Shepard