List of still living NASA (Mercury-Gemini-Apollo) astronauts -- January 2023

[That Derek]

This list reflects the 01/03/2028 passing of Apollo XI astronaut Walter Ciunningham, and the 10/13/2022 death of Jim McDivitt

Still living NASA astronauts are denoted in CAPITAL LETTERS
MW - Apollo moonwalkers

MERCURY (manned flights):
Freedom 7 (May 1961): Alan Shepherd .
Liberty Bell 7 (July 1961): Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom
Friendship 7 (February 1962): John Glenn
Aurora 7 (May 1962):Malcolm “Scott” Carpenter
Sigma 7 (October 1962): Walter “Wally” Schirra Jr.
Faith 7 (May 1963): Leroy “Gordon” Cooper Jr.

GEMINI:
Gemini III (March 1965): Gus Grissom; John Young
Gemini IV (June 1965):Jim McDivitt; Edwin White
Gemini V (August 1965): Gordon Cooper; Charles “Pete” Conrad
Gemini VI-A (October 1965): Wally Schirra; TOM STAFFORD
Gemini VII (October 1965): FRANK BORMAN; JIM LOVELL
Gemini VIII (March 1966): Neil Armstrong; DAVID SCOTT
Gemini IX (June 1966): TOM STAFFORD; Eugene “Gene” Cernan
Gemini X (July 1966): John Young; Michael Collins
Gemini XI (September 1966): Pete Conrad; Dick Gordon
Gemini XII (November 1966): Jim Lovell; EDWIN “BUZZ” ALDRIN

APOLLO:
Apollo I (February 1967): Gus Grissom; Ed White; Roger Chaffee
Apollo VII (October 1968): Wally Schirra; Donn Eisele; Walter Cunningham
Apollo VIII (December 1968): FRANK BORMAN; JIM LOVELL; BILL ANDERS
Apollo IX (March 1969): Jim McDivitt; DAVID SCOTT; R USSELL “RUSTY” SCHWEICKART
Apollo X (May 1969): TOM STAFFORD; John Young; Gene Cernan
Apollo XI (July 1969): Neil Armstrong (MW #1); BUZZ ALDRIN (MW #2); Michael Collins:
Apollo XII (November 1969): Pete Conrad (MW#3); Alan Bean (MW#4) Dick Gordon
Apollo XIII (April 1970): JIM LOVELL; Jack Swigert: FRED HAISE
Apollo XIV (January-February 1971): Alan Shepherd (MW#5); Edgar Mitchell (MW #6)’ Stuart Roosa
Apollo XV (July-August 1971): DAVID SCOTT (MW #7); Jim Irwin (MW #8); Al Worden
Apollo XVI (April 1972): John Young (MW #9); CHARLIE DUKE (MW#10); THOMAS “KEN” MATTINGLY
Apollo XVII (December 1972): Gene Cernan (MW #11): HARRISON “JACK” SCHMITT (MW#12); Ronald Evans
Apollo-Soyuz (July 1975): TOM STAFFORD; Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; VANCE BRAND

TWELVE (12) STILL LIVING NASA ASTRONAUTS (Mercury-Gemini-Apollo)
TOM STAFFORD (born 09/17/1930)
FRANK BORMAN (born 09/17/1930)
JIM LOVELL (born 03/25/1928)
DAVID SCOTT (born 06/26/1932)
BUZZ ALDRIN (born 01/20/1930)
BILL ANDERS (born 10/17/1933)
RUSTY SCHWEICKART (born 10/25/1935)
FRED HAISE (born 10/14/1933)
CHARLIE DUKE (born 10/03/1935)
KEN” MATTINGLY (born 03/17/1936)
JACK SCHMITT (born 07/03/1935)
VANCE BRAND (born 05/09/1931)

ZERO (0) STILL LIVING MERCURY 7 ASTRONAUTS (Shepherd-Grissom-Glenn-Carpenter-Schirra-Cooper + non-missioned Slayton)

FIVE (5) STILL LIVING GEMINI ASTRONAUTS:
TOM STAFFORD (Gemini VI and Gemini IX)
FRANK BORMAN (Gemini VII);
JIM LOVELL (Gemini VII)
DAVID SCOTT (Gemini VIII):
BUZZ ALDRIN (Gemini XII)

TWELVE (12) STILL LIVING APOLLO ASTRONAUTS:
FRANK BORMAN (Apollo VIII)
JIM LOVELL (Apollo VIII; Apollo XIII)
BILL ANDERS (Apollo VIII)
DAVID SCOTT (Apollo IX; Apollo XV)
RUSTY SCHWEICKART (Apollo X)
TOM STAFFORD (Apollo X; Apollo-Soyuz)
BUZZ ALDRIN (Apollo XI)
FRED HAISE (Apollo XIII)
CHARLIE DUKE (Apollo XVI)
KEN MATTINGLY (Apollo XVI)
JACK SCHMITT (Apollo XVII)
VANCE BRAND (Apollo-Soyuz)

FOUR (4) STILL LIVING MOONWALKERS:
BUZZ ALDRIN (#2; Apollo XI)
DAVID SCOTT (#7; Apollo XV)
CHARLIE DUKE (#17; Apollo XVI)
JACK SCHMITT (#17 Apollo XVII)

ONE (1) STILL LIVING “THIRD MAN OUT” NON-MOONWALKING APOLLO ASTRONAUTS (excluding non-moon contact Apollo XIII):
KEN MATTINGLY (Apollo XVI)
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[Louis Epstein]

That Derek <that...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This list reflects the 01/03/2028 passing of Apollo XI astronaut Walter Ciunningham, and the 10/13/2022 death of Jim McDivitt
>
> Still living NASA astronauts are denoted in CAPITAL LETTERS
> MW - Apollo moonwalkers
>
> MERCURY (manned flights):
> Freedom 7 (May 1961): Alan Shepherd .

> Liberty Bell 7 (July 1961): Virgil I. ?Gus? Grissom

> Friendship 7 (February 1962): John Glenn

> Aurora 7 (May 1962):Malcolm ?Scott? Carpenter
> Sigma 7 (October 1962): Walter ?Wally? Schirra Jr.
> Faith 7 (May 1963): Leroy ?Gordon? Cooper Jr.

>
> GEMINI:
> Gemini III (March 1965): Gus Grissom; John Young
> Gemini IV (June 1965):Jim McDivitt; Edwin White

> Gemini V (August 1965): Gordon Cooper; Charles ?Pete? Conrad

> Gemini VI-A (October 1965): Wally Schirra; TOM STAFFORD
> Gemini VII (October 1965): FRANK BORMAN; JIM LOVELL
> Gemini VIII (March 1966): Neil Armstrong; DAVID SCOTT

> Gemini IX (June 1966): TOM STAFFORD; Eugene ?Gene? Cernan

> Gemini X (July 1966): John Young; Michael Collins
> Gemini XI (September 1966): Pete Conrad; Dick Gordon

> Gemini XII (November 1966): Jim Lovell; EDWIN ?BUZZ? ALDRIN

>
> APOLLO:
> Apollo I (February 1967): Gus Grissom; Ed White; Roger Chaffee
> Apollo VII (October 1968): Wally Schirra; Donn Eisele; Walter Cunningham
> Apollo VIII (December 1968): FRANK BORMAN; JIM LOVELL; BILL ANDERS

> Apollo IX (March 1969): Jim McDivitt; DAVID SCOTT; R USSELL ?RUSTY? SCHWEICKART

> Apollo X (May 1969): TOM STAFFORD; John Young; Gene Cernan
> Apollo XI (July 1969): Neil Armstrong (MW #1); BUZZ ALDRIN (MW #2); Michael Collins:
> Apollo XII (November 1969): Pete Conrad (MW#3); Alan Bean (MW#4) Dick Gordon
> Apollo XIII (April 1970): JIM LOVELL; Jack Swigert: FRED HAISE

> Apollo XIV (January-February 1971): Alan Shepherd (MW#5); Edgar Mitchell (MW #6)? Stuart Roosa

> Apollo XV (July-August 1971): DAVID SCOTT (MW #7); Jim Irwin (MW #8); Al Worden

> Apollo XVI (April 1972): John Young (MW #9); CHARLIE DUKE (MW#10); THOMAS ?KEN? MATTINGLY
> Apollo XVII (December 1972): Gene Cernan (MW #11): HARRISON ?JACK? SCHMITT (MW#12); Ronald Evans
> Apollo-Soyuz (July 1975): TOM STAFFORD; Donald K. ?Deke? Slayton; VANCE BRAND

>
> TWELVE (12) STILL LIVING NASA ASTRONAUTS (Mercury-Gemini-Apollo)
> TOM STAFFORD (born 09/17/1930)
> FRANK BORMAN (born 09/17/1930)
> JIM LOVELL (born 03/25/1928)
> DAVID SCOTT (born 06/26/1932)
> BUZZ ALDRIN (born 01/20/1930)
> BILL ANDERS (born 10/17/1933)
> RUSTY SCHWEICKART (born 10/25/1935)
> FRED HAISE (born 10/14/1933)
> CHARLIE DUKE (born 10/03/1935)

> KEN? MATTINGLY (born 03/17/1936)

#s 10 and 12,not 17 and 17...not sure when we will see #17!

> ONE (1) STILL LIVING ?THIRD MAN OUT? NON-MOONWALKING APOLLO ASTRONAUTS (excluding non-moon contact Apollo XIII):

> KEN MATTINGLY (Apollo XVI)
> I

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[A Friend]

In article <tp2iu3$9rg$1...@reader2.panix.com>, Louis Epstein
<l...@top.put.com> wrote:

> That Derek <that...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > FOUR (4) STILL LIVING MOONWALKERS:
> > BUZZ ALDRIN (#2; Apollo XI)
> > DAVID SCOTT (#7; Apollo XV)
> > CHARLIE DUKE (#17; Apollo XVI)
> > JACK SCHMITT (#17 Apollo XVII)
>
> #s 10 and 12,not 17 and 17...not sure when we will see #17!

We should have seen #1700 by now.

[radioacti...@gmail.com]

Thanks for this surely-painstakingly-compiled roster, Derek!

It's remarkable that the entire Apollo 8 crew still survives here in 2023. (Just wish Commander Borman did TV interviews these days more than once in a, uh, blue moon. Hope his camera-shyness isn't due to ill health.)

While understandably, Armstrong and Aldrin are justly remembered by EVERYONE--and what that unlucky Apollo 13 trio endured and pulled off (with terrific assists by those many no-name engineers down in Houston) have been immortalized by Hollywood, little ol' NASA buff me (beholding it all only on TV) always considered Apollo 8 to be the boldest NASA mission OF ALL...even though they didn't (lunar) land--or even take along a Grumman LEM to do so.

(And yeah, the Apollo 8 live-TV lunar-orbit Christmas Eve reading from The Bible was a lovely touch--even to a decided nonbeliever like myself--to add to their historic jaunt; it WAS the first time in the annals of humanity that humans ever left the vicinity of Earth, after all.)

BRYAN STYBLE/Florida

[That Derek]

?> (And yeah, the Apollo 8 live-TV lunar-orbit Christmas Eve reading from The Bible was a lovely touch- ,,.

Professional atheist and rabble rouser Madalyn Murray O'Hair hated it. The Bible reading, in hindsight, proved to be quite worthwhile especially if it pissed her off.

[Louis Epstein]

Absolutely.

[J.D. Baldwin]

In the previous article, That Derek <that...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Professional atheist and rabble rouser Madalyn Murray O'Hair hated
> it. The Bible reading, in hindsight, proved to be quite worthwhile
> especially if it pissed her off.

I self-described as an atheist from about age 15 to about my mid-50's,
and I am still fundamentally irreligious (though not so hard-core
anymore about the A-word). I loathed O'Hair like I have loathed few
others in my life, and basically anything that made her upset or angry
was inherently and ipso facto a positive good.
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[J.D. Baldwin]

In the previous article, That Derek <that...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Apollo VIII (December 1968): FRANK BORMAN; JIM LOVELL; BILL ANDERS

It's been a while since I brought this up, but I just feel like
mentioning that Lovell's grave marker (a huge, impressive marble
monument) has been in the Naval Academy cemetery for *over 15 years*
and as far as I know, neither he nor Marilyn has so much as a cold.

My in-laws are buried there, so I go there frequently (maybe 8-10
times a year). I once caught a tour guide saying that Lovell was
actually buried there. I walked over and gave the whole group the
benefit of my wisdom on the subject. (The guide was very gracious
about it and promised to modify his future presentations.)

[J.D. Baldwin]

In the previous article, Louis Epstein <l...@top.put.com> wrote:
> #s 10 and 12,not 17 and 17...not sure when we will see #17!

Are you talking about Apollo 17? Is this some L.E. weirdness or just
a simple mistake? Apollo 17 flew successfully 50 years ago last
month.

[Brad Ferguson]

In article <tp6m9g$lvg$2...@reader2.panix.com>, J.D. Baldwin

<INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote:

> In the previous article, That Derek <that...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Professional atheist and rabble rouser Madalyn Murray O'Hair hated
> > it. The Bible reading, in hindsight, proved to be quite worthwhile
> > especially if it pissed her off.
>
> I self-described as an atheist from about age 15 to about my mid-50's,
> and I am still fundamentally irreligious (though not so hard-core
> anymore about the A-word). I loathed O'Hair like I have loathed few
> others in my life, and basically anything that made her upset or angry
> was inherently and ipso facto a positive good.

<dropping shields>

In the '70s, I worked in the building where E.T.C. Studios was located.
This was an outfit that was able to feed live programming to Manhattan
Cable's public-access channels (the owner had strung a length of coax
across the alley between buildings), so all the hosts headed there to
do their call-in shows. I'd see O'Hair around all the time. She was
an unpleasant person who kept unpleasant company. I was not
particularly surprised at the way it all ended some years later.

[J.D. Baldwin]

In the previous article, Brad Ferguson <Brad Ferguson> wrote:
> In the '70s, I worked in the building where E.T.C. Studios was
> located. This was an outfit that was able to feed live programming
> to Manhattan Cable's public-access channels (the owner had strung a
> length of coax across the alley between buildings), so all the hosts
> headed there to do their call-in shows. I'd see O'Hair around all
> the time. She was an unpleasant person who kept unpleasant company.
> I was not particularly surprised at the way it all ended some years
> later.

Well, hello there.

I've read perhaps 5-10 accounts of personal encounters with, or
knowledge of, O'Hair. None of them disagreed at all with your
assessment of "unpleasant," though that might be the mildest
formulation I've seen.

[Louis Epstein]

J.D. Baldwin <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> In the previous article, Louis Epstein <l...@top.put.com> wrote:
>> #s 10 and 12,not 17 and 17...not sure when we will see #17!
>
> Are you talking about Apollo 17? Is this some L.E. weirdness or just
> a simple mistake? Apollo 17 flew successfully 50 years ago last
> month.

I am talking about the persons in question being identified
by the order in which they ranked among the 12 persons who have
walked on the moon so far...that one of them was on Apollo 17
might have caused the confusion whereby the two were both
called the 17th man on the moon,but there has so far been no
17th moonwalker.(Someone from 13th to 17th is expected to be
the first woman on the moon).

[J.D. Baldwin]

In the previous article, Louis Epstein <l...@top.put.com> wrote:
> I am talking about the persons in question being identified
> by the order in which they ranked among the 12 persons who have
> walked on the moon so far...that one of them was on Apollo 17
> might have caused the confusion whereby the two were both
> called the 17th man on the moon,but there has so far been no
> 17th moonwalker.(Someone from 13th to 17th is expected to be
> the first woman on the moon).

That already happened. It was a Russian wo-- oh, wait, I'm
confusing fiction with reality again.