NASA Astronaut Group 2

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

American astronaut (1928–2023)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

American astronaut (1930-1967)

American astronaut (1930–2024)

American astronaut and test pilot (1929-2022)

American test pilot and NASA astronaut (1927-1966)

group of astronauts selected in 1962