Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 18, 2023 by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)



Alan Shepard (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman who was the second person, and the first American, to travel in space, and the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon. An Annapolis graduate, he became a naval aviator in 1946 and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in 1961 he made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7. He was grounded in 1963 with Ménière's disease, an inner-ear ailment that caused dizziness and nausea. This was surgically corrected, and in 1971 he commanded the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1963 to 1969 and 1971 to 1974, and was promoted to rear admiral in 1971, becoming the first astronaut to reach that rank.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Lisa Nowak (14 September 2023)
 * Main editors: Hawkeye7
 * Promoted: 29 July 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: 100th anniversary of his birth
 * Support as nominator. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:15, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support--NØ 20:32, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per reason for nomination. Cooljeanius (talk) (contribs) 08:38, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I would suggest leading with why Shepard is famous, that he was the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. He is less known as the Chief Astronaut.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:42, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I have re-worked the blurb to do this. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:05, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * 100th birthday is a pretty convincing date request :) —Kusma (talk) 07:05, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support Agree with ; I think the blurb should mention sooner that he is the first American astronaut in space. Also, 100th birthday; this makes me feel old! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 21:04, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. ~ HAL  333  18:35, 18 September 2023 (UTC)