 |
 Neil Alden Armstrong
was part of the first U.S. space mission to
successfully dock two vehicles in space, in 1966.
On July 20, 1969, he became the first man to set
foot on the Moon. |
 Alan L. Bean
served as the lunar module pilot on Apollo XII,
and was spacecraft commander of Skylab III. Since
retiring from NASA he has earned a reputation for
his "space-based" paintings. |
 Roberta Lynn Bondar
became the first non-American woman to fly on the
Space Shuttle in 1992. |
 Gerald P. Carr
commanded Skylab IV, the last manned visit to the
Skylab Orbital Workshop. |
 John Howard Casper
flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including
one which performed a record number of rendezvous
sequences. He also took part in NASA's effort to
resume operations following the Shuttle Columbia
accident in February 2003. |
 Charles
"Pete" Conrad, Jr. was one
of the two astronauts aboard Gemini V, which
established a record for time spent in space; he
was also aboard Gemini XI, which established a
world altitude record. He commanded the second
manned lunar landing, as well as the first manned
mission to Skylab. |
 Owen K. Garriott
flew on Spacelab I, a multidisciplinary and
international laboratory carried aloft by the
Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983. One of
his tasks was to operate the world's first
amateur radio station from space. |
 Edward G. Gibson
was a member of the team that designed and tested
many elements of the Skylab Space Station, and
was a science-pilot on the last manned mission to
the station. |
 Joseph P. Kerwin
was a science-pilot on the second manned Skylab
mission. Since leaving NASA he has helped develop
hardware for future space missions, including the
International Space Station. |
 Jack Robert Lousma
was the pilot for Skylab III, during which
mission he spent 11 hours on spacewalks outside
the station, a new record. |
 Donald R. McMonagle
flew on three Space Shuttle missions, as mission
specialist, pilot, and commander. |
 Ulf
Merbold became the first
non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle in 1983.
In 1994 he became the first European Space Agency
astronaut to fly on Mir. |
 William Reid Pogue
was the pilot of the final manned visit to the
Skylab Space Station. Since leaving NASA he has
been the producer of general viewer videos on
space flight. |
 Sally Kristen Ride
became the first American woman in space when she
flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger
in 1983. She flew again in 1984, and between the
two missions spent more than 343 hours in space. |
 Paul J. Weitz
was a pilot on the second manned Skylab mission,
during which he logged 2 hours and 11 minutes in
extravehicular activity, a new record, and was
spacecraft commander on the maiden voyager of the
Orbiter Challenger. |
 Edward Higgins White
II became the first man to
"walk in space" in 1965. He and two
other astronauts died on January 27, 1967, when a
fire broke out in their Apollo capsule during a
launch pad test at the Kennedy Space Center. |
