Labels:text | human face | clothing | screenshot | man | person OCR: SPACE EXPLORATION QUEST OVERVIEW SOVIET UNION LAUNCHES RACE 2 QUEST UNITED STATES IN PURSUIT LUNAR LANDINGS SHUTTLE MISSIONS Commander Alan Shepard prepares for his first space visit 2: SPACE DEBUT In May 1961 Alan Shepard captivated U.S. audiences when he became the first U. S. astronaut to enter space. Capitalizing on space exploration as a propaganda tool, President Kennedy committed $9 billion to sending the first man to the moon before the end of the decade. CHRONOLOGY NEWSFLASH ..
