Curated playlist
Spacewalkers
- Pete ConradPete Conrad's first words on the Moon were a joke he had bet $500 on.
- 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.
- Gene CernanGene Cernan wrote his daughter's initials in the lunar dust before leaving the Moon. He was the last person there.
- Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin's first words on the Moon were "Beautiful view." Years later he was selling used cars.
- Alfred WordenIn 1971, Alfred Worden orbited the Moon alone, farther from any other person than anyone before.
- Ken MattinglyKen Mattingly was pulled from Apollo 13 for measles he never got. He then helped from Mission Control to save the crew.
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins orbited the Moon thirty times and never set foot on it.
- Alexei LeonovAlexei Leonov's spacesuit swelled in space until he could not fit back inside. He let air out through a valve.
- Alan BeanAlan Bean walked on the Moon, then quit NASA to paint it. He pressed Moon dust from his suit patches into canvases.
- Svetlana SavitskayaSvetlana Savitskaya hid a parachute knife in her school bag at sixteen. Her father found it and encouraged her jumping.
- Harrison SchmittHarrison Schmitt was the only professional geologist to walk on the Moon. He flew on Apollo 17 in 1972.
- James IrwinAfter walking on the Moon, astronaut James Irwin spent years searching for Noah's Ark.
- Richard F. Gordon Jr.Richard Gordon orbited the Moon 45 times on Apollo 12 but never walked on it.
- Charles DukeCharles Duke walked on the Moon at 36, and no one younger has ever done it.
- Ronald Evans (astronaut)Ronald Evans is the last person to orbit the Moon alone. He circled it 75 times while two crewmates walked below.
- Rusty SchweickartAstronaut Rusty Schweickart took up meditation after a five-minute pause outside Apollo 9.
- Christina KochChristina Koch became the first woman to leave low Earth orbit in April 2026.
- Jessica MeirJessica Meir took part in the first spacewalk done entirely by women. She and Christina Koch replaced a faulty unit.
- Chris HadfieldAt nine, Chris Hadfield watched Apollo 11 and set his mind on space. He later commanded the space station.