John L. Swigert Jr.
Command Module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. John “Jack” Swigert, Jr. was born on August 30, 1931, in Denver, Colorado. A graduate of East High School there, he […]
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Sullivan was born on October 3, 1951, in Paterson, New Jersey, but considers Woodland Hills, California to be her hometown. She graduated from Taft High School in 1969. She […]
Ernst A. Steinhoff
Pioneered rocket guidance systems. Ernst A. Steinhoff was born on February 11, 1908, in Treysa, Germany. After graduating high school in Kassel, in 1929, he enrolled in the Darmstadt Institute […]
John P. Stapp
‘The Fastest Man on Earth,’ investigated the effects of deceleration and acceleration. Dr. John Paul Stapp earned the title “The Fastest Man Alive” when he rode the Sonic Wind I […]
Thomas P. Stafford
Commanded the Apollo 10 and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions. Thomas P. Stafford flew on Gemini VI, the first space rendezvous mission, and on the Gemini IX mission. He orbited the […]
Donald K. Slayton
Donald “Deke” Slayton was born on March 1, 1924, in Sparta, Wisconsin. He graduated from Sparta High School and entered the Air Force as an aviation cadet. He received his […]
David G. Simons
David G. Simons was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1922. His father and two uncles were physicians and shared a practice in Lancaster. David graduated from high school […]
George W. Simon
George W. Simon was born on April 22, 1934, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In 1939 his family fled Germany due to Hitler’s persecution of the Jews but only after […]
Capt. William Shepherd
William M. Shepherd was born on July 26, 1949, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, but considers Babylon, New York his hometown. The son of a naval aviator who later worked in […]
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
The first American to travel in space, he also commanded the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Alan Shepard, Jr. was born on November 18, 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire. […]