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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
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TTTA extracted 124 structured relationships around Alan Shepard. Examples in this analysis include Alan Shepard → Awards → Navy Distinguished Service Medal and Alan Shepard → Awards → Distinguished Flying Cross. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Shepard | Awards | Navy Distinguished Service Medal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Awards | Congressional Space Medal of Honor | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Awards | NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Awards | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Born | Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (1923-11-18)November 18, 1923 Derry, New Hampshire, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Died | July 21, 1998(1998-07-21) (aged 74) Pebble Beach, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Naval War College (MA) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Missions | Mercury-Redstone 3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Missions | Apollo 14 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Rank | Rear Admiral, USN | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Relatives | Annie Bartlett Shepard (grandmother) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Retirement | July 31, 1974 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Selection | NASA Group 1 (1959) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Spouse | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Time in space | 9d 0h 16m | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Total EVA time | 9h 23m | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Shepard | Total EVAs | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Alan Shepard bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mission, Shepard and Named. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Alan Shepard, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Alan Shepard with NASA career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Alan Shepard to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture, Career & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Alan Shepard · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout