[DOC] [TLE] Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., May 5, 1961 | NASA [PAR] Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. in Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, ... On February 20, 
1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 
his Mercury capsule Friendship 7. .... 20, 1962, before launching into space. ... 
Kennedy Space Center didn't even exist yet  it's 144,000 acres was still more... [DOC] [TLE] Glenn Orbits the Earth | NASA [PAR] Group shot of the original Mercury Astronauts taken at the Manned Spacecraft ... 
of training, John Glenn rocketed into space aboard the Mercury capsule 
Friendship 7. ..... Mercury launch, becoming the first American to fly in space on 
May 5, 1961. ... Among the original Mercury 7 astronauts, only Deke Slayton didn'
t make a... [DOC] [TLE] Mercury Crewed Flights Summary | NASA [PAR] Nov 30, 2006 ... May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in Spacesuit Before Mercury Launch ... He became 
the first American to fly into space. .... Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second 
American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. .... Among the original Mercury 
7 astronauts, only Deke Slayton didn't make a Mercury flight, but... [DOC] [TLE] The First American in Space Wore a Pee-Soaked Spacesuit [PAR] May 5, 2014 ... Fifty three years ago on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard blasted off in 
a Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket to become the first 
American in space. ... "Man, I got to pee," Shepard said to launch control. "Man ... 
So, on that first flight to space, Shepard went into orbit wearing a wet... [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. 
..... On May 5, 1961, Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and... [DOC] [TLE] Mercury-Redstone 3 - Wikipedia [PAR] Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight
, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first manned flight 
of Project Mercury, the objective of which was to put an astronaut into orbit ... It 
was the third Mercury flight launched with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle,
... [DOC] [TLE] Project Mercury - Wikipedia [PAR] NASA announced the selected seven astronauts  known as the ... first American 
in space by making a suborbital flight in May 1961. ... but died in January 1967 
during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. Glenn became the first American to orbit the 
Earth in February 1962, then quit NASA and went into... [DOC] [TLE] FAQ: Alan Shepard's Historic Flight as First American in Space [PAR] May 4, 2011 ... ... space when he launched on a suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. ... NASA 
astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May ... so the 
cosmonaut didn't have to do much during his orbital sojourn. ... unmanned 
Mercury capsule atop a Redstone booster into suborbital space for the first time. [DOC] [TLE] astronaut-amanda | Mercury [PAR] Among the original Mercury 7 astronauts, only Deke Slayton didn't make a 
Mercury flight, ... May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in his Spacesuit Before Mercury 
Launch ... An existing launch vehicle would be employed to place the spacecraft 
into orbit. [DOC] [TLE] John Glenn: First American to Orbit the Earth | HistoryNet [PAR] Roughly a hundred miles above their heads, astronaut John Glenn sat ... sunsets 
since his orbital flight helped launch the United States deeper into a ... 'To put it 
bluntly, we didn't know what we were doing in many areas of the Mercury 
program and ... On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made America's first, manned

Question: This Mercury astronaut didn't make it into orbit when launched May 5, 1961
Answer: Alan Shepard