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 the Astronauts who lost their lives in service, their names are part of the Astronaut Memorial at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and other locations of honor.
There are also those who have served our space program with honor and distinction, who have also fallen along the way.
For many other people who worked as part of the Space Program, their names are part of the Space Walk of Fame at Spaceview Park in Titusville, Florida.
To the brave men and women who put their hearts, souls and labor 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 their 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 7 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
Robert F. Overmeyer
Col. USMC (ret,) PLT - STS-5 - Columbia (OV-102) CDR - STS-51B Challenger (OV-099)
March 22, 1996
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
William B. Lenoir
Mission Specialist - STS-5 - Columbia (OV-102)
August 26, 2010
Dr. Sally K. Ride
Mission Specialist. STS-7, STS-41G - Challenger (OV-099)
July 23, 2012
Neil A. Armstrong
Commander, Gemini 8, Apollo 11 - First Man to walk on the Moon
August 25, 2012
C. Gordon Fullerton
CDR - ALT-9, 12, 14, 16 - Enterprise (OV-101)
PLT - STS-3 - Columbia (OV-102)
CDR - 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
Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.
Col. USAF (ret.)
PLT STS-4 Columbia (OV-102)
CDR - STS-41D - Discovery (OV-103)
plt -STS-61A - Challenger (OV-099)
July 17, 2014
Steven R. Nagle
Colonel, USAF (ret,)
MS2 - STS-51-G - Discovery (OV-103)
PLT - STS-61-A - Challenger (OV-099)
CDR - STS-37 - Atlantis (OV-104)
CDR - STS-55 - Columbia (OV-102)
August 21. 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
Cpt. USN (Ret.)
Pilot - Skyalb 2
CDR - STS-6 - Challenger (OV-099) - 1st flight
October 22, 2017
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RICHARD F. GORDON, JR.
CPT. USN (RET.)
NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)
Pilot - Gemini XI
CMP - Apollo 12
November 6, 2017
Bruce A. McCandless II
Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
STS-41B - Challenger (OV-099) - 1st to fly the MMU
STS-31 - Discovery (OV-103) - Hubble Deployment Mission
December 21, 2017
John W. Young
Cpt, USN (ret.)
Pilot - Gemini 3
CDR - Gemini X
CMP - Apollo 10
CDR - Apollo 16
CDR - STS-1, STS-9 - Columbia (OV-102)
January 5, 2018
Alan L. Bean
Cpt, USN (ret.)
LMP - Apollo 12
CDR - Skylab 2
May 26, 2018
Donald H. Peterson
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
MS2 - STS-6 - Challenger (OV-099)
May 27, 2018
Owen K. Garriott
Science Pilot - Skylab 3
MS 1 - STS-9 - Columbia (OV-102) - 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
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
CMP - Apollo 15
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) - Challenger (OV-099)
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
James A. McDivitt
Brig. Genneral, U.S. Air Force
CDR - Gemini 4
CDR - Apollo 9
October 13, 2022
R. Walter Cunningham
Colonel U.S.Marine Corps (ret.)
LM Pilot - Apollo 7
Crew Flight Directorate - Skylab Project
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
Colonol, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
Pilot - STS-6 - Challenger (OV-099)
CDR - STS-51-D - Discovery (OV-103)
CDR - STS-51-J - Atlantis (OV-104) - 1st flight
August 17, 2023
Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.)
CMP - Apollo 16
CDR - STS-4 - Columbia (OV-102)
CDR - STS-51C - Discovery (OV-103)
October 31, 2023
Frank F. Borman II
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
Command Pilot - Gemini 7
CDR - Apollo 8
Novenber 7, 2023
Dr. Mary Cleave
Mission Specialist, STS-61A - Challenger (OV-099)
Mission Specialist, STS-30 - Atlantis (OV-104)
November 27, 2023
L.D. "Lee" Solid
Development Engineering Lead, Rocketdyne
February 4, 2024
Richard H. Truly,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.)
PLT, ALT-10. -13 & 15 - Enterprise (OV-101)
PLT, STS-2 - Columbia (OV-102 )
CDR - STS-8 - Challenger (OV-099) - 1st Night Launch
Associate Admin. for Space Flight, NASA, 1986-1989
NASA Administrator, 1989-1992
February 27, 2024
Thomas P. Stafford
Lieutenant General, USAF (ret.)
Pilot - Gemini 6A
CDR - Gemini 9A
CDR - Apollo 10
CDR (Apollo) - Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
March 18, 2024
George W.S. Abbey
Flight Crew Operations Directorate< Space Shuttle Program
Director, Johnson Space Center
March 24, 2024
William A. Anders
Maj. General - USAFR
LMP - Apollo 8
Former U.S. Ambassidor to Norway
June 7, 2024
Dr. Edward C. Stone
Former Director - JPL
Mission Scientist Emeratis - Voyager Project
June 9, 2024
Joe. H. Engle
Major General, USAF
X-15 Research Pilot - 4 missions
CDR - Shuttle ALT tests
CDR - STS-2, STS-51-I
July 10, 2024
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