Stories of the last men of the moon

They were pioneers of space exploration – 24 NASA astronauts went to the moon in Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s.

Loss Apollo 13 Commander Jim LovellWho drove The safe mission was safely returned to the ground in 1970It means that five people remain five people who have escaped the relative security of the earth’s orbit and dared deeper into space.

Now, over 50 years, people again warm up the race to put the moon’s surface again.

NASA will bring its Artemis programs in the Moon to bring astronauts this decade. China 2030. Aims to have people on the surface of the lunar surface He ruined In the distance of the moon in June 2024.

Some private companies have tried to send scientific crafts to the moon, though accident have passed Success.

NASA In 1972, 1972, 1972 in 1972, 1972 in 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972, 1972. This date has entered 2026Space agency says it takes more time to prepare.

Meanwhile, companies like SpaceX and Boeing continue to develop their own technology, even if they do not make their obstacles.

Themes Boeing’s Starliner It was embarrassing for the aerospace giant who left two astronauts at international space station “Unmounted Uncounted in SPACEX’s Starship” Space supervisors have become a habit.

These delays highlighted that the number of astronauts of Apollo has been reduced.

Along with Frank Borman and Bill Anders, Jim Lovell made three third Lunar Name Mission at Apollo 8, the Command / Service Module and tested its life support systems to prepare later to land on Apollo 11.

Their artisans made 10 orbits of the moon before returning home. Lovell later, the fifth man was a man who walked as Apollo 13 apollo on the surface, but of course it never happened.

Instead, he was immortalized in the story of the death brush in 13, when Tom Hanks played.

After the Retirement of NASA in 1973, he worked in the Lovell telecommunications industry. Marilyn, a wife over 60 years, became the focus of the media in an infamous event, died in August 2023.

But what about the remaining five moon men?

Who are they, and what are their stories?

On July 21, 1969, Edwin “Buzz” is the former fighter. The Aldrin left the moon land and became a second person on the surface of the moon. Almost 20 minutes earlier, Neil Armstrong, was the first.

The first words in Aldrin were: “beautiful view”.

“Isn’t something?” He asked Armstrong. “A great view here.”

“Excellent desotuation,” the Altrin replied.

The second was never to sit comfortably with him. Michael Collins his Crewmate said the Aldrin “first went to the moon first to be second.”

But he was proud of the side of the achievement; Many years later, when Apollo 11 claims a man who worked, 72-year-old Aldrin pierced in the jaw.

After Neil Armstrong died in 2012, the Along said, “I know I joined millions of millions around the world in the mourning of a real American hero and the best pilot I ever knew.”

Despite the fights later in life, he never lost thirsty adventure and joined the expedition to the north and south poles, at the last 86 years.

While embracing his famous, it has been a space program, especially The need to explore Mars.

“I don’t think we have to go there and go back – that’s what we did with Apolo,” he said.

And his name has become a knowledge of new generations as the inspiration of the Series of Film Series in the film Series. In January 2023, at the age of 93, he married the fourth time.

Only four people who walked to the moon are still alive – Charlie Duke is one of them. He did it 36 years old, the youngest to walk on the moon surface.

Later in a BBC interview, he spoke “impressive land”.

“Beauty … a sharp contrast between the black space and the moon horizon … I will never forget it. It was so dramatic.”

But he had already had another important mission in the exploration of the NASA Moon. After Touching Apollo 11, Capsule Communicator, or Capcom’s mission control, Neil Armstrong said at the other end, “Houston, the basis of tranquility here. The eagle has landed.

He replied in the distinctive south toss: “Roger, peace of mind. We copy you on the ground, you’re about to turn a bunch of boys blue, we’re breathing.”

“I really meant, I holding my breath at the last minute” Then he told BBC.

In 2022, the Duke said to BBC with a great excitement with the mission of Artemis, but he warned that it would not be easy for the new generation of astronauts.

“They received it next to the South pole, because if there is ice on the moon, it would be down in that region. So it will be difficult there. But we will pull.”

Charlie Duke now lives with San Antonio, Texas, Dorothy, has been married for 60 years.

Fred Haise was part of the Apollo 13 crew Prevented the disaster In 1970, after the explosions on the ship, it was canceled when it was more than 200,000 miles (321,000 km).

The whole world saw nervously when NASA tried to return the affected spaceship and his crew safely. After returning, James and his crew James Lovell and Jack Swigert became famous, apparent surprises.

“I feel like you miss something while you are,” said Johnny Carson’s leaf show when he showed the caris tonight.

Haisa never carried them to the moon. Despite the Commander of Apollo 19, this role was revoked due to budget cuts, all other flights after Apollo 17.

He then performed as a test pilot in the prototype spacecraft, business.

After leaving NASA, as many of his alumni Apollo, when he retired his retirement, continued to work in aerospace industry.

Unlike other astronauts of the time, Schmitt did not serve as a pilot of US forces.

Geologist and academic, initially NASA astronaut ordered what they were looking for in Lunes Geological Field Travel in 1965.

Schmitt was part of the last mission to the moon, with Commander Apollo 17, and Eugene Cernan, one of the last two men walked on the moon surface in December 1972.

After leaving NASA in 1975, he was chosen from the United Mexico home to the United States, but it was the only term. Since then, he has worked as a consultant in various industries, as well as continuing the academy.

It is also known for talking about scientific consensus on climate change.

David Scott, Commander of Apollo 15, is just four men who walked on the moon, but he also was the first to drive.

In 1971, Scott and Crewmate James Irwin tested the Moon vehicle (LRV), as was called “First wheels of man on the Moon”. Traveling to 8 mph (12 km / h) LRV left astronauts to travel much faster than to travel large distances from the moon’s ground.

“In a first mission you will never work to know”, he remembered later. “It was the biggest emotion to get out, turned on and actually worked.”

After returning from the moon, Scott had several management functions within the NASA before entering the private sector.

He has served as a consultant in various film and television projects, including Apollo 13 and HBO miniatures from the Earth to the moon.

What is the next generation of adventurous mooning to carry out?