Curated playlist
United States Naval Academy alumni
- Jim LovellJim Lovell flew to the Moon twice and never set foot on it. His second trip, Apollo 13, nearly ended in disaster.
- Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter once was lowered into a crippled nuclear reactor for 90 seconds at a time. He later ran for president.
- Donn F. EiseleDonn Eisele was in a hospital on January 27, 1966, exactly a year before the Apollo 1 fire.
- Alan ShepardAn inner ear disease grounded astronaut Alan Shepard for years before he walked on the Moon.
- Wally SchirraAstronaut Wally Schirra refused Mission Control's request to wear helmets.
- James IrwinAfter walking on the Moon, astronaut James Irwin spent years searching for Noah's Ark.
- William AndersWilliam Anders fled Japanese bombers as a boy, then photographed Earth from the Moon.
- James Iredell WaddellJames Iredell Waddell fired the last shots of the Civil War in Arctic waters. He fought on after land battles ended.
- Charles DukeCharles Duke walked on the Moon at 36, and no one younger has ever done it.
- Thomas P. StaffordApollo 10's lunar module spun out of control after Thomas Stafford flew it within nine miles of the Moon.