Crew Information

Crew Information - Earth Orbit and Lunar Orbit Missions[1]

 

 

Apollo 7

Apollo 8

Apollo 9

Apollo 10

 

 

 

 

 

Commander

Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.

Frank Frederick Borman, II

James Alton McDivitt

Thomas Patten Stafford

Date of Birth

12 Mar 1923

14 Mar 1928

10 Jun 1929

17 Sep 1930

Place of Birth

Hackensack, NJ

Gary, IN

Chicago, IL

Weatherford, OK

Age On Launch Date

45

40

39

38

Status

Captain

Colonel

Colonel

Colonel

 

USN

USAF

USAF

USAF

Year Selected Astronaut

1959

1962

1962

1962

Prior Space Flights

MA-8, GT-6A

GT-7

GT-4

GT-6A, GT-9A

 

 

 

 

 

Backup

Thomas Patten Stafford

Neil Alden Armstrong

Charles Conrad, Jr.

Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.

Status

Colonel

Civilian

Commander

Colonel

 

USAF

NASA

USN

USAF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command Module Pilot

Donn Fulton Eisele

James Arthur Lovell, Jr.

David Randolph Scott

John Watts Young

Date of Birth

23 Jun 1930

25 Mar 1928

06 Jun 1932

24 Sep 1930

Place of Birth

Columbus, OH

Cleveland, OH

San Antonio, TX

San Francisco, CA

Date of Death

01 Dec 1987

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Place of Death

Tokyo, Japan

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Age On Launch Date

38

40

36

38

Status

Major

Captain

Colonel

Commander

 

USAF

USN

USAF

USN

Year Selected Astronaut

1963

1962

1963

1962

Prior Space Flights

None

GT-7, GT-12

GT-8

GT-3, GT-10

 

 

 

 

 

Backup

John Watts Young

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.

Richard Francis Gordon, Jr.

Donn Fulton Eisele

Status

Commander

Colonel

Commander

Lt. Colonel

 

USN

USAF

USN

USAF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunar Module Pilot

Ronnie Walter Cunningham

William Alison Anders

Russell Louis Schweickart

Eugene Andrew Cernan

Date of Birth

16 Mar 1932

17 Oct 1933

25 Oct 1935

14 Mar 1934

Place of Birth

Creston, IA

Hong Kong

Neptune, NJ

Chicago, IL

Age On Launch Date

36

35

33

35

Status

Civilian

Major

Civilian

Commander

 

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USAF

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USN

Year Selected Astronaut

1963

1963

1963

1963

Prior Space Flights

None

None

None

GT-9A

 

 

 

 

 

Backup

Eugene Andrew Cernan

Fred Wallace Haise, Jr.

Alan LaVern Bean

Edgar Dean Mitchell

Status

Commander

Civilian

Commander

Commander

 

USN

NASA

USN

USN


 

[1]Compiled from press kits and mission reports, and Who’s Who in Space (Cassutt).

 

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