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The Final Frontier

Earth rise over the moon as seen and, photographed by the astronauts of Apollo 11 (NASA photo)

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1		NASA spacecraft comparison. Since this tree contains Mercury, Atlas and, Apollo astronauts a size comparison of their space craft seems appropriate.
2		Eugene Wesley Roddenberry He created a simple television show. That said the influence his simple show and the legacy franchise has had on scientist and, explorers is something that cannot be overstated.	Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
3		Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard He is considered "The father of modern rocketry". Through theoretical and engineering work he pioneered all of the major concepts that make rocket flight a reality.	Robert Hutchings Goddard
4		Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. In 1961 as part of project Mercury he became the first American to fly in space. A decade later as part of Apollo 14 he became the first (and so far only) person to play golf on the moon.	Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr
5		John Barron McKay He was a NASA test pilot who became an astronaut September 28, 1965 when he went outside of the confines of the earth's atmosphere in the X-15 rocket plane. Military pilots who did this earned their astronaut wings immediately. Unfortunately they had not developed the process to award the civilian pilots their wings. John was awarded his wings posthumously in 2005.	John Barron McKay
6		Colonel Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. In 1966 he took part in the last of the Gemini missions and became the first astronaut to successfully work outside of the spacecraft for an extended period of time. In 1969 he became the second man to set foot on the moon.	Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr
7		Alfred Merrill "Al" Worden In 1971 he was the command module pilot for Apollo 15. He holds two world's records that are still standing as of 2020 His lunar orbit at one point had him 2,235 away from the rest of the Apollo crew on the moon. The Guinness Book Of World records" declared him to be the "most isolated human being". On the return trip he performed an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. It was considered the first "deep space" EVA in history, it took place 196,000 miles from Earth. By comparison the astronauts working outside the international space station are at a maximum of 255 miles away.	Alfred Merrill Worden
8		Steven R. Nagel Steven is a veteran of four space shuttle missions. In 1995 he retired from the astronaut program and became the Deputy Director for the Operations Development, Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance Office at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Note: Steven is not yet connected to the main tree.	Steven R Nagel
9		Linda M. Godwin Linda is a veteran of four space shuttle flights. After they had both retired from the astronaut program she married astronaut Steven Nagel.	Linda M Godwin
10		Christa McAuliffe She was selected as a payload specialist as part of the Teacher in Space Project. On January 28, 1986 she was lost with the rest of the crew in the Challenger disaster.	Sharon Christa Corrigan
11		Colonel Douglas Harry Wheelock Douglas is a veteran of one space shuttle flight and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station that he reached by flying with Russia aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.	Douglas Harry Wheelock