Astronauts and the Scouting Experience
How many people have been on the moon?
Who, When, How Long?
Of the 12 American Astronauts who have walked on the Moon,
11 have been Scouts!
Apollo-Saturn 11 Date: 7/20/69 Time: 2 hr. 31 min. 40 sec.
Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Armstrong (Eagle), Aldrin (Tenderfoot), Collins (Non-Scout)
Apollo-Saturn 12 Date: 11/19/69 Time: 7 hr. 45 min. 18 sec.
Charles (Pete) Conrad, Alan Bean
Conrad (Cub Scout), Bean (First Class), Gordon (Star)
Apollo-Saturn 13
Lovell (Eagle), Swigert (Second Class), Haise (Star)
Apollo-Saturn 14 Date: 2/5/71 Time: 9 hr. 22 min. 31 sec.
Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell
Shepard (First Class), Mitchell (Life), Roosa (Non-Scout)
Apollo-Saturn 15 Date: 7/30/71 Time: 18 hr. 34 min. 46 sec.
James Irwin, David Scott
Irwin (Non-Scout), Scott (Life), Worden (First Class)
Apollo-Saturn 16 Date: 4/21/72 to 4/23/72 Time: 20 hr. 14 min. 16 sec.
Charles Duke, John Young
Duke (Second Class), Young (Second Class), Mattingly (Life)
Apollo-Saturn 17 Date: 12/11/72 to 12/13/72 Date: 22 hr. 3 min. 57 sec.
Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan
Schmitt (Tenderfoot), Cernan (Second Class), Evans (Life)
Of the 21 Astronauts who have orbited the Moon,
19 have been Scouts
Of the 214 former and present astronauts,
→ 142 have taken part in Scouting. ←
Astronaut Scout Experience:
(World Wide)
EAGLE:
Adamson, Armstrong, Bagian, Bluford, Bowersox, Brady, Carr, Carter, Chaffee, Covey,
Creighton, Duke, Eisele, Fullerton, W. Gregory, Griggs, Hoffman, Jones, Lee, Lind, Llewellyn
(King's Scout, U.K.), Lovell, McCulley, O'Leary, Onizuka, Oswald, Parazynski, Reightler,
Searfoss, See, Tanner, Truly, Walker
LIFE:
Anders, Basset, Brand, Bridges, Casper, Cooper, Evans, Fabian, G. Gardner, Givens, Gregory,
Kregel, Low, Mattingly, McArthur, Mitchell, D. Scott, Spring, Springer, Van Hoften,
C. Williams
STAR:
Barry, Cameron, England, W. Fisher, Garriott, R. Gibson, Gordon, Grissom, Haise, Lounge,
McNair, Stafford
First Class:
J. Allen, Bean, Clifford, Coats, Engle, Freeman, D. Gardner, E. Gibson, Hammond, Henize,
Linnehan, Nelson, Overmyer, Schirra, Schweickart, W. Scott, Shepard, Veach, Worden
Second Class:
Bolden, Buchli, Carpenter, Cernan, Culbertson, Mullane, Parker, Pogue, Shriver, Swigert,
W. Thornton, White, Young
Tenderfoot:
Aldrin, Bursch, Hawley, Lousma, McDivitt, Michel, Schmitt, Smith
EXPLORER:
O'Connor, D. Williams
CUB SCOUT:
A. Allen, C??. Brown, Conrad, Foale (Wolf, Germany), Gernhardt, Henricks, Leestma, LopezAlegria, McBride, Meade, Readdy, Rominger, Shepherd, Thomas, Thuot, Wolf
RANK UNKNOWN:
C??. Brown, Bull, Clervoy, Garneau, Harris, James Voss
GIRL SCOUT:
E. Collins, Davis, A. Fisher, Helms, Jernigan, Lawrence, Seddon, Sherlock, Sullivan,
K. Thornton, Janice Voss, Weber
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