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Retirement. December 1973. Charles " Pete " Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.
When they re-entered the lunar module Cernan stepped in last, and is therefore the last person to have walked on the Moon. Alan Shepard was the oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47 years and 80 days. Charles Duke was the youngest, at age 36 years and 201 days. Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during the ...
Website. Official website. Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. [ note 1 ] A 1957 graduate of the United States ...
Yü-chih is listed as the World's shortest non-mobile man living, a title he has held non-consecutively since 2009. [11] 1972– Colombia: 70.21 cm (27.64 in) Edward Niño Hernández: Named the shortest man after Pingping died in March 2010, at 27.64 in (70.21 cm), but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar. [12] Edward re-gained the title of ...
Known for. Shortest living adult. Height. 65.24 cm (2 ft 1 + 1⁄2 in) Father. Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh. Afshin Ghaderzadeh (Persian: افشین قادرزاده; born 13 July 2002) is a Kurdish Internet personality who is the shortest living man in the world. He was recognized by the Guinness World Records in December 2022. [1][2] He has dimensions ...
Jyoti Amge may be the world's smallest woman, but her dreams are larger than life. Fans will get to know more about the 26-year-old Indian actress, who stands at 24 inches tall and weighs just 12 ...
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical ...
Most launches from Earth. 10 launches. Frederick W. Sturckow (USA), Space Shuttle and SpaceShipTwo (1998–2024) Note: The six SpaceShipTwo flights surpass the U.S. definition of spaceflight (50 mi (80.47 km)), but fall short of the Kármán line (100 km (62.14 mi)), the definition used for FAI space recordkeeping.