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Man on the moon

Who has walked on the moon
John W. Young
Date of birth: September 24, 1930
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Francisco, California
Number of flights: 6
Duration in space: 34d 19h 39m
First launch: 03-23-1965
Selection: 1962 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Apollo, Columbia, Gemini
Missions: Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Gemini 3, Gemini 10, STS-1, STS-9
Date on Moon: April, 21, 1972
Rank: Captain, United States Navy
Neil Armstrong
Full name: Neil Alden Armstrong
Date of birth: August 5, 1930
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
Number of flights: 2
Duration in space: 8d 14h 12m 31s
First launch: 03-16-1966
Selection: 1957 MISS Group, 1960 Dyna-Soar, 1962 NASA Astronaut Group 2
Profession: Aviator, Engineer
Spacecraft used: Apollo, Gemini
Missions: Apollo 11, Gemini 8
Date on Moon: July, 21, 1969
Christa McAuliffe
Full name: Christa McAuliffe
Date of birth: September 2, 1948
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 01m 13s
First launch: 01-28-1986
Selection: Teacher in Space Project
Profession: Educator
Spacecraft used: Challenger
Missions: STS-51-L
First teacher in space, killed in Challenger explosion
Died on mission: yes
Sally K. Ride
Full name: Dr. Sally Kristen Ride
Date of birth: May 26, 1951
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Encino, Los Angeles, California
Number of flights: 2
Duration in space: 14d 07h 46m
First launch: 06-18-1983
Selection: 1978 NASA Group
Profession: Scientist
Spacecraft used: Challenger
Missions: STS-7, STS-41-G
First American woman in space
Ellen Ochoa
Full name: Ellen Lauri Ochoa
Date of birth: May 10, 1958
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California
Number of flights: 4
Duration in space: 40d 19h 37m
First launch: 04-08-1993
Selection: 1990 NASA Group
Profession: Engineer
Spacecraft used: Atlantis, Discovery
Missions: STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110
First Hispanic American woman in space
Bill Nelson
Full name: Clarence William "Bill" Nelson
Date of birth: September 29, 1942
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 6d 02h 03m
First launch: 01-12-1986
Selection: 1985
Profession: Politician
Spacecraft used: Columbia
Missions: STS-61-C
Yuri Gagarin
Full name: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Date of birth: March 9, 1934
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Klushino, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 1h 48m
First launch: 04-12-1961
Selection: Air Force Group 1
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Vostok
Missions: Vostok 1
Rank: Colonel (Polkovnik), Soviet Air Force
First human in space
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Date of birth: November 18, 1923
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Derry, New Hampshire
Number of flights: 2
Duration in space: 216h 57m
First launch: 05-05-1961
Selection: 1959 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Apollo, Mercury
Missions: Apollo 14, Mercury-Redstone 3
Date on Moon: February, 05, 1971
Rank: Rear Admiral, USN
First American in space
Gary Payton
Full name: Gary Eugene Payton
Date of birth: June 20, 1948
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Rock Island, Illinois
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 3d 01h 33m
First launch: 01-24-1985
Selection: 1979 USAF Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Discovery
Missions: STS-51-C
Rank: Colonel, USAF
Michael Baker
Full name: Michael Allen Baker
Date of birth: October 27, 1953
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee
Number of flights: 4
Duration in space: 40d 04h 59m
First launch: 08-02-1991
Selection: 1985 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Atlantis, Columbia, Endeavour
Missions: STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81(Launched), STS-81(Landed)
Rank: Captain, United States Navy (Retired)
James A. Lovell, Jr.
Full name: James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr.
Date of birth: March 25, 1928
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Number of flights: 4
Duration in space: 29d 19h 03m
First launch: 12-04-1965
Selection: 1962 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Apollo, Gemini
Missions: Apollo 13, Apollo 8, Gemini 7, Gemini 12
Rank: Captain, USN
First to fly around the Moon
Lisa M. Nowak
Full name: Lisa Marie Nowak
Date of birth: May 10, 1963
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Washington, D.C.
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 12d 18h 36m
First launch: 07-04-2006
Selection: 1996 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator, Engineer
Spacecraft used: Discovery
Missions: STS-121(Launched), STS-121(Landed)
Rank: Captain, USN
Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
Full name: Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr.
Date of birth: November 22, 1942
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of flights: 4
Duration in space: 28d 16h 33m
First launch: 08-30-1983
Selection: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Challenger, Discovery
Missions: STS-8, STS-39, STS-53, STS-61-A
Rank: Colonel, USAF
First African American in space
John W. Young
Full name: John Watts Young
Date of birth: September 24, 1930
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Francisco, California
Number of flights: 6
Duration in space: 34d 19h 39m
First launch: 03-23-1965
Selection: 1962 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Apollo, Columbia, Gemini
Missions: Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Gemini 3, Gemini 10, STS-1, STS-9
Date on Moon: April, 21, 1972
Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Full name: Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Date of birth: March 6, 1927
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma
Number of flights: 2
Duration in space: 222h
First launch: 05-15-1963
Selection: 1959 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Gemini, Mercury
Missions: Gemini 5, Mercury-Atlas 9
Rank: Colonel, USAF
Scott Carpenter
Full name: Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Date of birth: May 1, 1925
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Boulder, Colorado
Number of flights: 1
Duration in space: 4h 56m
First launch: 05-24-1962
Selection: 1959 NASA Group
Profession: Aviator
Spacecraft used: Mercury
Missions: Mercury-Atlas 7