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Except for Garriott, all Apollo astronauts who also flew on the Shuttle served as commander. Walter M. Schirra Jr. – Commander of Apollo 7. Donn F. Eisele – Command Module Pilot of Apollo 7. R. Walter Cunningham – Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 7. James A. McDivitt – Commander of Apollo 9.
Years of service. 1946–1973. James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈlʌvəl / LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
1952–1970 (active) 1970–1982 (reserve) Signature. Michael Collin (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general ...
March 18, 2024 at 10:45 AM. WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday ...
Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he ... Only four of the 12 moonwalkers from 1969 through 1972 are still alive: Aldrin, Duke, Apollo 15's David Scott ...
Harrison Hagan " Jack " Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon. [3]
ASSOCIATED PRESS. More. Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed ...