Alan Shepard - in Media

In Media

  • 1965 – The character of Alan Tracy in the Thunderbirds was named after him.
  • 1983 film The Right Stuff – played by Scott Glenn
  • 1998 HBO TV series From the Earth to the Moon – played by Ted Levine
  • 2005 BBC TV series Space Race – played by Todd Boyce
  • 2001 opening montage, Star Trek: Enterprise
  • 2002 film Race to Space, played by Mark Moses
  • 2004 - He is briefly mentioned in Metal Gear Solid 3 when he is said to be piloting a Lockheed M-21 in game.
  • 2007 – The player character in BioWare's sci-fi video game series Mass Effect is surnamed "Shepard" in his honor.
  • 2011 - Alternative music band They Might Be Giants briefly referred to him in the song ″Can't Keep Johnny Down″ from their album Join Us, in the following lyric: "Some dude/Hitting golf balls on the moon/Bathroom in his pants/And he thinks he's better than me..."

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