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Jun 10, 2024
William Anders (1933–2024), astronaut who took Earthrise photo
William Anders was an astronaut who orbited the moon on Apollo 8 and took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph from space.
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Nov 9, 2023
Frank Borman (1928–2023), commander of historic Apollo 8 mission
Frank Borman was an astronaut who commanded Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the moon.
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Oct 18, 2022
James McDivitt (1929–2022), NASA astronaut who led first U.S. spacewalk mission
James McDivitt was a NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions.
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Mar 18, 2020
Alfred Worden (1932–2020), astronaut orbited the moon
Alfred “Al" Worden orbited the moon as the command pilot for Apollo 15.TheformerNASA astronaut is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon.During the 1971 mission, Worden orbited the earth many times as astronauts James Irwin andDavid Scott walked on the moon to explore the surface. He was the first human to do a deep space spacewalk. NASA selected Worden, a military pilot,as an astronaut in 1966.
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Jul 23, 2019
Chris Kraft (1924–2019), NASA’s visionary first flight director
Chris Kraft was NASA’s visionary first flight director, who guided astronauts as they orbited Earth and landed on the Moon.
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May 26, 2018
Alan Bean (1932 – 2018), Apollo astronaut walked on the Moon
Alan Bean, the NASA astronaut who became the fourth person to walk on the moon, died Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Houston after a short illness, according to the Associated Press. He was 86.
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Jan 6, 2018
John Young (1930–2018), astronaut walked on the Moon
Legendary astronaut John Young walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight.
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Nov 8, 2017
Richard Gordon (1929 – 2017), Apollo 12 astronaut
Flew around the moon for the Apollo 12 mission…
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Aug 27, 2012
Neil Armstrong and NASA: One Giant Leap
First man on the moon Neil Armstrong routinely credited the thousands of scientists, technicians, and others who made his historic flight possible.
