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Alan Shepard gripped the abort take care of and braced his ft contrary to the capsule floor. Five, four, three...don't screw up, he muttered. Two, one, zero, liftoff. Alan experienced himself rising in to the sky. He could scarcely consider it. The boy who was raised with a interest for traveling was off on the best airline flight - to space! Alan Shepard's boyhood desire for airline flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's cellar to attaining countrywide hero status in the competition to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of airline flight came up true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon. When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his skills to advantage others, increasing money to power the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The successes of this high flyer - America's "Lindbergh of Space" - encourage all who dare to reside their dreams.