Sixty years ago her father Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

六十年前，她的父亲艾伦·谢泼德成为第一个进入太空的美国人。

His name will go down in history with those of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard.

他的名字会同俄罗斯宇航员尤里·加加林和美国宇航员艾伦·谢泼德一并载入史册。

They would be the first American space travelers. Alan Shepard was one.

他们将成为第一批美国太空旅行者。艾伦·谢泼德就是其中之一。

On May fifth, nineteen sixty-one, a Friday, Alan Shepard struggled once again into his Mercury capsule.

1961年5月5日，星期五，艾伦·谢泼德再次挣扎着进入他的水星太空舱。

The spacecraft is named after NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American to go into space.

该航天器以美国宇航局宇航员艾伦·谢泼德命名，他是首位进入太空的美国人。

Astronaut Alan Shepard will forever be remembered for becoming the first American in space in 1961.

宇航员艾伦·谢泼德将永远被铭记，因为他在1961年成为第一个进入太空的美国人。

And before Alan Shepard sat on top of a rocket, no other American had ever touched space.

在 Alan Shepard 坐上火箭之前，也没有一个美国人登上过太空。

Alan Shepard died on July twenty-first, nineteen ninety-eight after a two-year fight with the blood disease leukemia.

艾伦·谢泼德在与血液病白血病斗争了两年之后，于1998年7月21日去世。

Fifteen minutes later, Freedom Seven came down in the Atlantic Ocean. Alan Shepard was a national hero.

15分钟后，自由七号降落在大西洋。艾伦·谢泼德成为了民族英雄。

Less than a month later, the United States sent its first astronaut into space. He was Alan Shepard.

不到一个月，美国首次将宇航员——艾伦·谢泼德送入太空。

In July of nineteen sixty-nine that goal came true. Alan Shepard was not on that first Apollo moon flight.

1969年7月，这个目标实现了。艾伦·谢泼德并没有参加第一次阿波罗登月飞行。

In nineteen forty-seven, Alan Shepard became a pilot in the Navy. Later he became a test pilot.

在1947年，艾伦·谢泼德成为一名海军飞行员。后来他成为了一名试飞员。

The rocket rose higher and higher. For five minutes, Alan Shepard felt the weightlessness of space. He felt himself floating.

火箭越升越高，五分钟后，艾伦·谢泼德感受到了太空的失重，他感觉自己飘了起来。

And just for a little fun, Alan Shepard brought the head of a 6-iron and a couple of golf balls aboard Apollo 14.

为了找点乐子，艾伦·谢泼德把6号铁杆的杆头和几个高尔夫球带上了阿波罗14号。

In other news, it was 61 years ago this week that space flight pioneer Alan Shepard became the first American to complete a sub-orbital flight.

值得注意的是，61年前的本周，太空飞行先驱艾伦·谢泼德成为第一个完成亚轨道飞行的美国人。

Three weeks later the United States also put a man into space. He was a thirty-seven-year-old officer in the Navy -- Alan Shepard.

三周后，美国也将一名宇航员送入太空。他是一名37岁的海军军官——艾伦·谢泼德。

Alan Shepard was the first American to fly in space. He rode into the sky on rocket fuel and the hopes and dreams of a nation.

艾伦·谢泼德是第一位在太空飞行的美国人。他坐着火箭、带着一个国家的希望和梦想飞上了天空。

Later, Alan Shepard often was asked how he became the first human American to fly in space. They ran out of monkeys, he joked.

后来，人们问艾伦·谢泼德是如何成为在首位太空航行的美国人的。他开玩笑道：" 宇航局没有猴子可用了。"

The choice of Alan Shepard to be the first American to fly in space was announced just a few days before the launch.

艾伦·谢泼德被选为第一个飞上太空的美国人的消息是在发射前几天宣布的。

In 1961, an astronaut named Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

1961 年，一位名叫艾伦·谢泼德的宇航员成为第一个进入太空的美国人。