The Men of Apollo
"Who Were The Men Of  Apollo?...."
From the very first catastrophic steps into the unknown taken by astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee on January 27th  1967, to the triumphant yet sobering last steps taken on the moon by Eugene Cernan on December 14th 1972, there were twenty four astronauts who flew on Apollo. The following listing gives an insight into the background of each and everyone of those men, in alphabetical order;
Edwin Eugene Aldrin.
Born; January 20, 1930, Montclair, New  Jersey, Children; James 1955, Janice 1957, Andrew 1958. Flights; Gemini 12,  Apollo 11.
William Alison Anders.
Born; October 17, 1933, Hong Kong.  Children; Alan 1957, Glen 1958, Gayle 1960, Gregory 1962, Eric 1964, Diana 1972.  Flights; Apollo 8.
Neil Alden Armstrong.
Born; August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta,  Ohio. Children; Eric 1957, Karen 1959, Mark 1963. Flights; Gemini 8, Apollo  11.
Alan Lavern Bean.
Born; March 15, 1932, Wheeler, Texas.  Children; Clay 1955, Amy 1963. Flights; Apollo 12, Skylab 2.
Frank Borman.
Born; March 14, 1928, Gary, Indiana.  Children; Frederick 1951, Edwin 1953. Flights; Gemini 7, Apollo  8.
Eugene Andrew Cernan.
Born; March 14, 1934, Chicago,  Illinois. Children; Teresa 1963. Flights; Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo  17.
Michael Collins.
Born; October 31, 1930, Rome, Italy.  Children; Kathleen 1959, Ann 1961, Michael 1963. Flights; Gemini 10, Apollo  11.
Charles Conrad.
Born; June 2, 1930, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. Children; Peter 1954, Thomas 1957, Andrew 1959, Christopher 1960.  Flights; Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 1.
Charles Moss Duke.
Born; October 3, 1935, Charlotte,  North Carolina. Children; Charles 1965, Thomas 1967. Flights; Apollo  16.
Ronald Ellwin Evans.
Born; November 10, 1933, St Francis,  Kansas. Children; Jaime 1959, Jon 1961. Flights; Apollo 17.
Richard Francis Gordon.
Born; October 5, 1929, Seattle,  Washington. Children; Carleen 1954, Richard 1955, Lawrence 1957, Thomas 1959,  James 1960, Diane 1961. Flights; Gemini 11, Apollo 12.
Fred Wallace Haise.
Born; November 14, 1933, Biloxi,  Mississippi. Children; Mary 1956, Frederick 1958, Stephen 1961, Thomas 1970.  Flights; Apollo 13.
James Benson Irwin.
Born; March 17, 1930, Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. Children; Joy 1959, Jill 1961, James 1963, Jan 1964, Joe 1969  (adopted). Flights; Apollo 15.
James Arthur Lovell.
Born; March 25, 1928, Cleveland, Ohio.  Children; Barbara 1953, James 1955, Susan 1958, Jeffrey 1966. Flights; Gemini 7,  Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13.
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly.
Born; March 17, 1936, Chicago,  Illinois. Children; Thomas 1972. Flights; Apollo 16, Shuttles STS-4 and  STS-51-C.
Edgar Dean Mitchell.
Born; September 17, 1930, Hereford,  Texas. Children; Karlyn 1953, Elizabeth 1959, Adam 1984, Adopted both Paul 1963  and Mary 1964. Flights; Apollo 14.
Stuart Allen Roosa.
Born; August 16, 1933, Durango,  Colorado. Children; Christopher 1959, John 1961, Stuart 1962, Rosemary 1963.  Flights; Apollo 14.
Harrison Hagan Schmitt.
Born; July 3, 1935, Santa Rita, New  Mexico. Children; none. Flights; Apollo 17.
David Randolph Scott.
Born; June 6, 1932, Randolph Air Force  Base, Texas. Children; Tracy 1961, Douglas 1963. Flights; Gemini 8, Apollo 9,  Apollo 15.
Alan Bartlett Shepard.
Born; November 18, 1923, East Derry,  New Hampshire. Children; Laura 1947, Juliana 1951. Flights; MR-3  (Mercury-Redsone) and Apollo 14.
Thomas Patten Stafford.
Born; September 17, 1930, Weatherford,  Oklahoma. Children; Dionne 1954, Karin 1957. Flights; Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo  10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 1975, Often reffered to as Apollo  18.
John Leonard Swigert.
Born; August 30, 1931, Denver,  Colorado. Children; none. Flights; Apollo 13.
Alfred Merril Worden.
Born; February 7, 1932, Jackson,  Michigan. Children; Merril 1958, Alison 1960. Flights; Apollo  15.
John Watts Young.
Born; September 24, 1930, San  Francisco, California. Children; Sandy 1957, John 1959. Flights; Gemini 3,  Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9/Spacelab 1.
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