Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the moon. Despite that illustrious resume, he might be best remembered by many of us for the time he hit two golf ...

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Fifty-three years ago Monday, Derry, New Hampshire, native Alan Shepard walked on the moon while on the Apollo 14 mission on Feb. 5, 1971. Shepard was the commander of the mission that launched on a ...

A new book reveals the secrets of moon memorabilia and the friendship between a famous Texas astronaut and his barber. Editor’s Note: The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball by Barbara Radnofsky ...

Fifty years later, it remains the most impressive bunker shot in the history of golf, mainly because of the location. The moon. Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. and his crew brought back 42 ...

Carlos Villagomez owns a golf ball that he believes was flown to the moon. If indeed it was, he may also hold the answer to a more than 50-year-old bit of trivia that otherwise may be forever lost to ...