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 LaVern 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.

Frank Frederick Borman II
commanded Gemini VII, the first manned mission to include a space orbital rendezvous, and Apollo VIII, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon.

Vance DeVoe Brand
was the Apollo Command Module pilot on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, which was the first ever meeting in space of American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts, and Commander of the first fully operational flight of the Shuttle Transportation System.

Valeri Fyodorovich Bykovsky
was a Russian cosmonaut who spent a total of almost 21 days in space over the span of three missions, including one which still holds the endurance record for a one-man flight.

(Malcolm) Scott Carpenter
became the fourth American to go into space, and the second to orbit the Earth, on May 24, 1962.

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.

Eugene Andrew Cernan
made a record spacewalk as a crewman aboard Gemini IX, June 3-6, 1966. As Spacecraft Commander of Apollo XVII, December 6-19, 1972, he had the privelege and distinction of being the last man to leave his footprints on the Moon.

Roger Bruce Chaffee
was part of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA, in 1963. He never had a chance to go into space, however, as 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.

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.

Charles Moss Duke, Jr.
was CAPCOM for the first manned landing on the Moon, in 1969. In 1972 he became the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. He died in a fighter plane crash before ever having an opportunity to make another space flight.

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.

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom
was the second American to go into space, and the first man to go into space twice. 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.

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.

Vladimir M. Komarov
became the first man to die during a spaceflight when, on April 24, 1967, the chutes designed to slow his Soyuz spacecraft during re-entry failed.

Jack Robert Lousma
was the pilot for Skylab III, during which mission he spent 11 hours on spacewalks outside the station, a new record.

Shannon Matilda Lucid
served as a mission specialist on four Space Shuttle flights, and was the only American woman to ever serve aboard the Soviet Space Station Mir.

James Alton McDivitt
was the command pilot for Gemini 6 and commander of Apollo IX. The latter mission was the first flight of the complete set of Apollo hardware.

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.

David R. Scott
was part of the first successful docking of two vehicles in space, the first test flight of all spacecraft and flight operations for the Apollo lunar mission, and the first manned lunar mission to use the Lunar Rover.

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. Prevented by an inner ear disorder from making another space flight for ten years, he became the oldest man to walk on the Moon in 1971, as part of the Apollo 14 mission.

Gherman Stepanovich Titov
became the second man to orbit the Earth on August 2-3, 1961. The youngest person ever to go into space, he was also the first to suffer from space sickness, to sleep in space, and to carry a camera into 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.