StarChild: Alan Shepard
- Biography of one of seven men chosen from over 500 candidates to be a member of the first group of astronauts in 1959.
- http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/shepard.html

Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.
- Brief biography from Fact Monster.
- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0844849.html

Wikipedia - Alan Shepard
- Encyclopedia article includes information on the naval and astronaut career of the first man in space.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard

Shepard
- Biography and personal data from Encyclopedia Astronautica.
- http://www.astronautix.com/astros/shepard.htm

Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard, Jr
- Brief biography provided by the First Flight Society.
- http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/alan_shepard.cfm

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
- Biographical data provided by NASA.
- http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/shepard-alan.html

Adm. Alan Shepard, Jr.
- A biography and 1991 interview with the first American to go into space.
- http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/she0int-1