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San Francisco: John Young (1930–2018), first NASA astronaut to fly five and six times, first man to orbit the Moon on two missions — Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9; Pomona: Victor J. Glover, first African American astronaut to go to the ISS on a long-duration flight — SpaceX Crew-1
The 24 people who have flown to the Moon are the only people who have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Jim Lovell, John Young, and Eugene Cernan are the only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. Young and Cernan each set foot on it during their respective second lunar missions, while Lovell is the only person to have flown to the Moon ...
[1] 644 people have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space. [2] 681 people have reached the altitude of space according to the USAF definition, and 610 have reached Earth orbit. [3] 24 people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit and either circled, orbited, or walked on the Moon.
Stanley Branche (1933–1992), civil rights activist and Philadelphia night club owner; William E. Carter (1875–1945), a survivor of the RMS Titanic; Pete Conrad (1930–1999), astronaut, the third man to walk on the Moon with Apollo 12; Percy Crawford (1902–1960), clergyman and religious broadcaster; Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003 ...
Pete Conrad was born on June 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, [1] the third child and the first son of Charles Conrad Sr. (1892–1969) and Frances De Rappelage Conrad (née Vinson; 1899–1981), into a well-to-do real estate and banking family.
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician.He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [3]
Moon landing deniers say there's clear photographic evidence of this, and point out that because there's no breeze on the moon, this must be fake. Apollo 11astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon ...
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.