Posted on · Kraft was among the earliest employees of NASA and designed mission control and other components of the program. He became head of the Johnson Space Center and oversaw the birth of the space shuttle.
Posted on · Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second lunar landing in 1969. But he really made his mark in what he did after NASA.
Posted on · He helped develop the jet-powered backpack that allowed him to float away from the shuttle and safely back again. He said he wanted to inspire people to say, "I can do better than that"
Posted on · As a child in the Great Depression, Gordon never dreamed of being a pilot — let alone an astronaut who would be just one of 24 people to fly to the moon. He had two of the early spacewalks
Posted on · Cernan flew in space three times, took the second American spacewalk, and was just as thrilled to walk on the moon as if he had been the first to do it.