Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Gemini Astronaut Speakers

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Gemini Astronaut Speakers

Buzz Aldrin	Flew on Gemini 12 and on the first Moon-landing team, Apollo 11
Frank Borman	Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, the first flight to orbit the Moon
Eugene Cernan	Flew on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and was the last man to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17
Richard Gordon	Flew on Gemini 11 and orbited the Moon on Apollo 12
James Lovell	Flew on Gemini 7, commanded Gemini 12, orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, and commanded the aborted Apollo 13 Moon-landing mission, the subject of the 1995 hit movie Apollo 13
Walter Schirra	Only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions
Thomas Stafford	Flew on Gemini 6, commanded Gemini 9, commanded the Apollo 10 Moon orbital flight, and commanded the joint U.S.-Russian Apollo-Soyuz linkup flight
John Young	Flew on Gemini 3, commanded Gemini 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon as Apollo 16 Commander, commanded the first Space Shuttle mission STS-1 and the 9th shuttle flight, STS-9. Young was the first person to fly in space six times.