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Ronald Evans
Also known as Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr., Ronald Ellwin Evans
NASA astronaut (1933-1990)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Monster Truck Coloring Book
- Swift Justice
- Fear and Schooling
- Greenglow
- Prediction of regenerator thermal performance using a non-iterative method of computation
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Film & TV
Acting · St. Francis, Kansas
Capt. Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr., USN (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. As command module pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of 12 people to have flown to the Moon without landing on it.
Known for
- The Last Steps — Himself2016
- The Apollo experience : Apollo 17 — Command Module Pilot2015
- Target... Earth? — Self (archive footage)1980
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
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Article
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 6, 1990) was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 Apollo astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of the 12 to do so without landing.
Before becoming an astronaut, Evans graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas and joined the U.S. Navy in 1956. After receiving his naval aviator wings, he served as a fighter pilot and flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. In 1964 he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Achieving the rank of captain, he retired from the Navy in 1976.