Curated playlist
Harmon Trophy winners
- Pete ConradPete Conrad's first words on the Moon were a joke he had bet $500 on.
- Jim LovellJim Lovell flew to the Moon twice and never set foot on it. His second trip, Apollo 13, nearly ended in disaster.
- Ed White (astronaut)Ed White floated out of his capsule in 1965 and did not want to come back. He was the first American to walk in space.
- Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin's first words on the Moon were "Beautiful view." Years later he was selling used cars.
- Frank BormanA stranger's telegram told Apollo 8's Frank Borman, "You saved 1968." He commanded the first crew to orbit the Moon.
- Wally SchirraAstronaut Wally Schirra refused Mission Control's request to wear helmets.
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins orbited the Moon thirty times and never set foot on it.
- Sally RideSally Ride quietly passed along the key clue to what caused the Challenger explosion.
- William AndersWilliam Anders fled Japanese bombers as a boy, then photographed Earth from the Moon.
- Thomas P. StaffordApollo 10's lunar module spun out of control after Thomas Stafford flew it within nine miles of the Moon.