Alan Shepard One News Today

Orbit. >> we were behind. we were lagging. >> reporter: america scrambled to catch up. less than one month later on may 5th, alan shepard one of the mercury seven became the first american in space. just over three months into his presidency, john f. kennedy like millions of other americans across the country was glued to his television. >> alan shepard became an instant hero that this country needed. but a cosmonaut circled the earth a month before. >> reporter: they sought out advice from nasa...