CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- The late astronaut Alan Shepard was honored with a stamp Wednesday, a day before the 50th anniversary of his flight as the first American in space.
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the stamp at the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in a ceremony attended by fellow Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.