What did Alan Shepard suffer from? What was Alan Shepard’s medical issue?

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman.

In 1961, Alan Shepard became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon.

Alan Shepard was born on November 18, 1923 in East Derry, Derry, New Hampshire.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Alan Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II.

Alan Shepard became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950 and was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961, made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7.

Alan Shepard became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space, and the first space traveler to manually control the orientation of his craft.

Alan Shepard was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 to July 1969 (the approximate period of his grounding), and from June 1971 until his retirement from the United States Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.

Alan Shepard was promoted to rear admiral on August 25, 1971, the first astronaut to reach that rank.

What did Alan Shepard suffer from?

Alan Shepard was suffering from a debilitating Ménière’s disease which was cured, but not quite in time for him to pilot the doomed Apollo 13 mission; he was reassigned to Apollo 14 and as a result would step foot on the moon on February 5, 1971.

What was Alan Shepard’s medical issue?

After his first flight, Alan Shepard an inner ear problem which stopped him from flying in space.

Later, Alan Shepard had surgery to fix the ear problem, and he was able to fly again, with almost 10 years passing between his first and second flights.