This page is dedicated to the memory of those who have given their lives in the pursuit of the exploration of space for the United States of America.
For those Astronauts who lost their lives in service, their names are part of the Astronaut Memorial at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and for many others, their names are part of the Space Walk of Fame at Spaceview Park in Titusville, Florida.
There are also those who have served our space program with honor and distinction, who have also fallen along the way.
To the brave men and women who put their hearts, souls and efforts into Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle and the entire NASA program, we dedicate this page.
They answered the call and served their nation and all mankind.
We must remember them and keep the dream alive.
The crew of Apollo 1 - January 27, 1967.
Virgil I. Grissom - Second suborbital Mercury flight, "Liberty Bell 7" (MR-4) - Commander, First Manned Gemini Flight (GT-3) - Commander, Apollo 1 (AS-204)
Edward H. White II - First American Spacewalker, Gemini 4 - Commander Module Pilot, Apollo 1 (AS-204)
Roger B. Chaffee - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 1 (AS-204)
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Shuttle Mission 51-L
The crew of Shuttle Mission 51-L - Lost January 28, 1986
Micheal Smith, Richard Scobee, Dr. Ronald McNair, Elison Onazuka, S.Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Dr. Judith Resnik.
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Shuttle Mission STS-107
The crew of Shuttle Mission STS-107 - Lost February 1, 2003.
Rick Husband, Kalpana Chawla, William McCool, David Brown, Dr. Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon
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To all the other brave Astronauts and Space Pioneers who are no longer with us...
John "Jack" Swigert
Command Module Pilot, Apollo 13
December 27, 1982
Donn Eisle
Command Module Pilot, Apollo 7
December 2, 1987
Ronald E. Evans, Jr.
Command Module Pilot, Apollo 17
April 7, 1990
James B. Irwin
Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 15
August 8, 1991
Donald K. "Deke" Slaton
Original Mercury Astronaut, Cheif of Flight Crew Operations (1962-1982), Docking Module Pilot, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)
June 13. 1993
Stuart A. Roosa
Command Module Pilot, Apollo 14
December 12, 1994
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
First American in Space, Mercury "Freedom 7" (MR-3),
Commander, Apollo 14.
July 21, 1998
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
Pilot, Gemini 5
Commander, Gemini 11, Apollo 12
July 8, 1999
L. Gordon Cooper
Last flight of Project Mercury, "Faith 7" (MA-9)
Commander, Gemini 5.
October 4, 2004
Walter M. Schirra
Third Mercury orbital flight, "Sigma 7" (MA-8)
Commander, Gemini 6, Apollo 7
May 2, 2007
Dr. Sally K. Ride
Mission Specialist. STS-7, STS-41G
July 23, 2012
Neil A. Armstrong
Commander, Gemini 8, Apollo 11 - First Man to walk on the Moon
August 25, 2012
C. Gordon Fullerton
Commander - ALT-9, 12, 14, 16 - Enterprise (OV-101)
Pilot - STS-3 - Columbia (OV-102)
Commander - STS 51-F - Challenger (OV-099)
August 13, 2013
M. Scott Carpenter
Second Mercury orbital flight, "Aurora 7" (MA-7)
October 10, 2013
William Reid Pogue
Pilot - Skylab 4
March 3, 2014
Dr. Edgar D. Mitchell
LMP - Apollo 14
February 4, 2016
Senator John Herchel Glenn, Jr.
First American to Orbit Earth - Friendship 7 (MA-6) February 20, 1962
Returned to Orbit - STS-95 - Discovery - October 29, 1998
December 8, 2016
Capt. Eugene Cernan, USN (Ret.)
Second Pilot - Gemini 9
LMP - Apollo 10
CDR - Apollo 17
Last Apollo Astronaut to walk on the Moon
January 16, 2017
Capt. Paul J. Weitz (USN, Ret.)
Pilot - Skyalb 2
Commander - STS-6 (Challenger 1st flight)
October 22, 2017
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RICHARD F. GORDON, JR. (CAPTAIN, USN, RET.)
NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)
Pilot - Gemini XI
CMP - Apollo 12
November 6, 2017
Bruce A. McCandless II
STS-41B - 1st to fly the MMU
STS-31 - Hubble Deployment Mission
Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
December 21, 2017
John W. Young
Pilot - Gemini 3
Commander - Gemini X
CMP - Apollo 10
Commander - Apollo 16
Commander - STS-1, STS-9
Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
January 5, 2018
Alan L. Bean
LM Pilot - Apollo 12
CDR - Skylab 2
Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
May 26, 2018
Donald H. Peterson
MS2 - STS-6
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
May 27, 2018
Owen K. Garriott
Science Pilot - Skylab 3
MS 1 - STS-9 - First flight of NASA/ESA SpaceLab
April 15, 2019
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
Flight Director - Mercury, Gemini, Apollo
Architect of "Mission Control"
Former Director - Johnson Space Center
July 22, 2019
Alfred M. Worden
CMP - Apollo 15
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
March 18, 2020
Donald D. Arabian
Chief of the Apollo Test Division
Head of Apollo Mission Evaluation Room (MER)
August 18, 2020
Gerald P. Carr
CDR- Skylab 3 - Final manned flight
August 26, 2020
Dr. William Thronton
STS-8, STS-51-B (SpaceLab 3)
January 11, 2021
Michael Collins
Major General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Plt - Gemini 10
CMP - Apollo 11 - First Landing on the Moon
April 28, 2021
Dr. Glynn Luney
Manager & Flight Director, JSC
March 19, 2021
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James A. McDivitt
Cdr. - Gemini 4
Cdr. - Apollo 9
Brig. Genneral, U.S. Air Force
October 13, 2022
R. Walter Cunningham
LM Pilot - Apollo 7
Crew Flight Directorate - Skylab Project
Colonel U.S.Marine Corps (ret.)
January 3, 2023
Hugh Harris
Deputy Cheif, Public Affairs Office, KSC
Honor Roll of Spaceflight Journalists
February 14, 2023
Dr. Samuel T. Durrance - Phd.
Professor - Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins
Professor - physics and space sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
Mission Specialist, STS-35 (Astro-1) and STS-67 (Astro-2)
February 14, 2023
Karol J. Bobko
Pilot - STS-6
CDR - STS51-D, STS51-J
Colonol, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
August 17, 2023
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Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly
CMP - Apollo 16
Shuttle Pilot - STS-4
CDR - STS-51C
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.)
October 31, 2023
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Frank F. Borman II
Command Pilot - Gemini 7
CDR - Apollo 8
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
Novenber 7, 2023
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Dr. Mary Cleave
Mission Specialist, STS-61A, STS-30
November 27, 2023
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Dr. William Thronton
NASA Medical Research and Crew Physician
Mission Specialist - STS-8, STS-51B
January 11, 2024
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L.D. "Lee" Solid
Development Engineering Lead, Rocketdyne
February 4, 2024
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Richard H. Truly,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
Pilot, ALT-10. -13 & 15 - Enterprise (OV-101)
Pilot, STS-2 - Columbia (OV-102 )
Commander - STS-8 Challenger (OV-099)
Associate Admin. for Space Flight, NASA, 1986-1989
NASA Administrator, 1989-1992
February 27, 2024
Thomas P. Stafford
Pilot - Gemini 6A
CDR - Gemini 9A
CDR - Apollo 10
Apollo CDR - Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Lieutenant General, USAF (ret.)
March 18, 2024
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