1·Shepard ultimately opted to urinate in his shiny spacesuit, but asked launch control to switch the power off to his medical sensors first.
谢泼德最终选择尿在了他那闪闪发亮的宇航服里，不过他让地面台先关闭了宇航服里的体征传感器。
2·Out of the seven original Mercury astronauts, three of them were selected as candidates for the first manned U.S. spaceflight: John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Shepard.
从7位最初的水星宇航员中，其中三位被选为第一次美国载人航天的候选人：约翰.格伦,加斯.格里森和谢泼德。
3·Navy pilot Alan Shepard helped plan Mercury's worldwide communication system.
海军飞行员艾伦·谢泼德帮助水星计划规划世界范围的通讯系统。