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My dad played golf on the moon

The commander of Apollo 14, Alan Shepard, became the first and only person to play golf on the moon in 1971.

Alan Shepard played golf on the moon in 1971.

He became the first and only person to enjoy the sport on the lunar surface.

The astronaut golfer’s daughter Laura Shepard Churchley was inspired by her father’s big journeys and later travelled to space herself, although she didn’t pack golf clubs.

Tricia Penrose hears Laura’s recollections of life with her father and his unique sporting space trip.

A Moon Road production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.

(Photo: Alan Shepard on the moon. Credit: NASA)

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