Editing Alan Shepard (section)

==Awards and honors==
Shepard was awarded the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]] by President [[Jimmy Carter]] on October 1, 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/spacemedal.htm |title=Congressional Space Medal of Honor |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration |access-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220213828/http://history.nasa.gov/spacemedal.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He also received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] in 1981;<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration/|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=December 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193048/http://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Langley Gold Medal]] on May 5, 1964; the [[John J. Montgomery Award]] in 1963; the Lambert trophy; the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots|SETP]] [[Iven C. Kincheloe Award]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26948748/chicago_tribune/|title=Cooper the Cool jockeys Faith 7—between naps|last1=Wolfe|first1=Tom|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 25, 1979|page=22|via=Newspapers.com|ref=none|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124517/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26948748/chicago_tribune/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Cabot Award]]; the [[Collier Trophy]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26947987/chicago_tribune/|title=Astronauts Have Their Day at the White House|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=October 11, 1963|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124548/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26947987/chicago_tribune/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the City of New York City Gold Medal for 1971.<ref name="40th" /> He was awarded honorary degrees of Master of Arts from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1962, [[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]] from [[Miami University]] in 1971, and [[Doctor of Humane Letters|Doctorate of Humanities]] from [[Franklin Pierce University|Franklin Pierce College]] in 1972.<ref name="40th" /> He was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 1977,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/enshrinees/ |title=National Aviation Hall of fame: Our Enshrinees |publisher=[[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] |access-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-date=March 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312033710/http://www.nationalaviation.org/enshrinees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[New Mexico Museum of Space History|International Space Hall of Fame]] in 1981,<ref name="nmspacemuseum.org" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29986892/albuquerque_journal/|title=Hall to Induct Seven Space Pioneers|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|date=September 27, 1981|page=53|last1=Harbert|first1=Nancy|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327223131/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29986892/albuquerque_journal/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]] on May 11, 1990.<ref name="astronautscholarship.org" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33222502/victoria_advocate/|title=Mercury Astronauts Dedicate Hall of Fame at Florida Site|newspaper=Victoria Advocate|location=Victoria, Texas|date=May 12, 1990|page=38|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212130559/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33222502/victoria_advocate/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Alanshephardgrave.jpg|thumb|Shepard's memorial stone in [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]], New Hampshire. His ashes were scattered at sea.|alt=A stone memorial plaque that reads: "Love is Eternal – RADM Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr * US Navy * America's First man in Space 1998 – His loving wife Louise Brewer Shepard 1998" ]]
The Navy named a supply ship, {{USNS|Alan Shepard|T-AKE-3}}, for him in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=26927 |title=Navy Christens USNS Alan Shepard |date=December 7, 2006 |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813232003/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=26927 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]], New Hampshire, is named after Shepard and [[Christa McAuliffe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starhop.com/about-us/ |title=McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: About Us |publisher=[[McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center]] |access-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018131513/http://www.starhop.com/about-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1996, the entirety of I-565 (which passes in front of the [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]], home to both the [[Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle]] and a full-scale vertical Saturn V replica) was designated the "Admiral Alan B. Shepard Highway" in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.al.com/times-views/2012/01/city_leaders_should_find_a_way.html |title=City leaders should find a way to honor Huntsville-born civil rights leader Joseph Lowery (editorial) |date=January 10, 2012 |publisher=[[al.com]] |access-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402133946/https://www.al.com/times-views/2012/01/city_leaders_should_find_a_way.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Interstate 93]] in New Hampshire, from the [[Massachusetts]] border to [[Hooksett, New Hampshire|Hooksett]], is designated the Alan B. Shepard Highway,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/I-93S_NH/|title=Alan B Shepard Highway (I-93)|access-date=September 25, 2014|archive-date=November 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130125800/http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/I-93S_NH/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in [[Hampton, Virginia]], a road is named Commander Shepard Boulevard in his honor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commander Shepard Boulevard opens to motorists |url=https://www.dailypress.com/2014/01/16/commander-shepard-boulevard-opens-to-motorists/ |newspaper=Daily Press |date=January 16, 2014|first=Robert |last=Brauchle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228081511/http://articles.dailypress.com/2014-01-16/news/dp-nws-commander-shepard-opening-ceremony-20140116_1_saunders-road-hampton-roads-center-north-commander-shepard-boulevard |archive-date=February 28, 2017}}</ref> His hometown of Derry has the nickname Space Town in honor of his career as an astronaut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-towns/derry.aspx |title=Derry, NH |publisher=Union Leader Corp. |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100830020437/http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-towns/derry.aspx |archive-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> Following an act of Congress, the post office in Derry was designated the Alan B. Shepard Jr. Post Office Building.<ref name=hr4517>{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:H.R.4517.ENR: |title=H.R.4517 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=May 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818025233/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106%3AH.R.4517.ENR%3A |archive-date=August 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alan Shepard Park in [[Cocoa Beach, Florida]], a beach-side park south of Cape Canaveral, is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/florida/northeast-coast/review-575901.html |title=Cocoa Beach Review |publisher=[[Fodor's]] |access-date=August 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729151403/http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/florida/northeast-coast/review-575901.html |archive-date=July 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The City of Virginia Beach renamed its convention center, with its integral [[geodesic dome]], the ''Alan B. Shepard Convention Center''. The building was later renamed the ''Alan B. Shepard Civic Center'', and was razed in 1994.<ref name="dome">{{cite news |title = Sorry, Alan – this golf ball always will be 'The Dome' | newspaper = The Virginian Pilot |first = Richard |last = Quinn |date = December 16, 2007 |url = http://pilotonline.com/news/sorry-alan-this-golf-ball-always-will-be-the-dome/article_a7d04459-394c-59f1-8d73-623ab52bb7e5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174552/https://pilotonline.com/news/sorry-alan-this-golf-ball-always-will-be-the-dome/article_a7d04459-394c-59f1-8d73-623ab52bb7e5.html |archive-date=February 4, 2019 }}</ref> At the time of the ''Freedom 7'' launch, Shepard lived in Virginia Beach.<ref name="residence">{{cite web |title = Alan Shepard, 1st American in Space, Honored on 50-Year Anniversary |publisher = Fox News Channel |date = May 5, 2011 |url = https://www.foxnews.com/science/alan-shepard-1st-american-in-space-honored-on-50-year-anniversary |access-date = April 22, 2022 |archive-date = August 13, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170813225407/http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/05/05/stamp-honors-1st-american-space-50-years-later.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

Shepard's high school alma mater in Derry, Pinkerton Academy, has a building named after him, and the school team is called the Astros after his career as an astronaut.<ref name="shepard">{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/shepard.htm |title=Alan B. Shepard, Jr. |access-date=December 29, 2006 |last=Gray |first=Tara |work=40th Anniversary of the Mercury 7 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration History Program Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208175108/https://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/shepard.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Alan B. Shepard High School]], in [[Palos Heights, Illinois]], which opened in 1976, was named in his honor. Framed newspapers throughout the school depict various accomplishments and milestones in Shepard's life. Additionally, an autographed plaque commemorates the dedication of the building. The school newspaper is named ''Freedom 7'' and the yearbook is entitled ''Odyssey''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chsd218.shepard.schoolfusion.us/pages.phtml?&&pageid=98517& |publisher=Alan B. Shepard High School |title=About Us |access-date=March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106151058/http://chsd218.shepard.schoolfusion.us/pages.phtml?&&pageid=98517& |archive-date=November 6, 2016 }}</ref> [[Blue Origin]]'s suborbital space tourism rocket, the [[New Shepard]], is named after Shepard.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/holy-grail-of-rocketry-achieved-says-amazon-and-blue-origin-boss-jeff-bezos-20151124-gl7aqm.html |title='Holy Grail of rocketry' achieved, says Amazon and Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos |first=Dominic |last=Gates |date=November 25, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814170811/http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/holy-grail-of-rocketry-achieved-says-amazon-and-blue-origin-boss-jeff-bezos-20151124-gl7aqm.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2010 [[Space Foundation]] survey, Shepard was ranked as the ninth most popular space hero (tied with astronauts [[Buzz Aldrin]] and Gus Grissom).<ref>{{cite press release |title=Space Foundation Survey Reveals Broad Range of Space Heroes; Early Astronauts Still the Most Inspirational |date=October 27, 2010 |publisher=[[Space Foundation]] |location=Colorado Springs, Colorado |url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=1038 |access-date=August 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723031011/http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/space-foundation-survey-reveals-broad-range-space-heroes-early-astronauts-still?id=1038 |archive-date=July 23, 2012 }}</ref> In 2011, NASA honored Shepard with an Ambassador of Exploration Award, consisting of a [[Moon rock]] encased in [[Poly(methyl methacrylate)|Lucite]], for his contributions to the U.S. space program. His family members accepted the award on his behalf during a ceremony on April 28 at the [[United States Naval Academy Museum]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]], where it is on permanent display.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Mirelson |first=Doc |title=NASA Honors Pioneer Astronaut Alan Shepard With Moon Rock |date=April 19, 2011 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration |location=Washington, D.C. |id=Media Advisory: M11-077 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/apr/HQ_M11-077_Shepard_Ambassador.txt |access-date=August 15, 2013 |archive-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408100734/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/apr/HQ_M11-077_Shepard_Ambassador.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 4, 2011, the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]] issued a first-class stamp in Shepard's honor, the first U.S. stamp to depict a specific astronaut. The first day of issue ceremony was held at NASA's [[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New U.S. Stamps Honor Astronaut Alan Shepard and Mission to Mercury |first=Robert Z. |last=Pearlman |author-link=Robert Pearlman |url=http://www.space.com/11565-nasa-stamps-alan-shepard-mercury-spacecraft.html |work=[[Space.com]] |publisher=[[TechMediaNetwork|TechMedia Network]] |location=Ogden, Utah |date=May 4, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2013 |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814060447/https://www.space.com/11565-nasa-stamps-alan-shepard-mercury-spacecraft.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Each year, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the Astronauts Memorial Foundation and NASA, present the [[Space Foundation#Space Foundation Awards: Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award|Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award]] for outstanding contributions by K–12 educators or district-level administrators to educational technology. The award recognizes excellence in the development and application of technology in the classroom or to the professional development of teachers. The recipient demonstrates exemplary use of technology either to foster lifelong learners or to make the learning process easier.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.discoverspace.org/education/educators/education-awards |title=Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award |newspaper=Space Foundation Discovery Center |publisher=Space Foundation |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813230436/https://www.discoverspace.org/education/educators/education-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
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