People*
*The goal of this section is to highlight diverse groups of people who are part of the story of the Moon. Nearly 400,000 people helped put a human being on the Moon as part of the Apollo program and that does not count all those who came before and after them that is part of the Moon’s story. Unfortunately, this list cannot be comprehensive but hopefully over time we can improve it. Individuals are listed alphabetically by last name.
Neil Armstrong
First person to walk on the Moon
Alan Bean
Fourth person to walk on the Moon
Ed Dwight
First African American to be trained as an astronaut
Margaret Hamilton
Lead Apollo flight software designer
Katherine Johnson
Conducted trajectory calculations for Mercury, Apollo & Space Shuttle programs
Frances (Poppy) Northcutt
First female engineer at NASA's Mission Control
Dolores (Dee) O'Hara
NASA’s first aerospace nurse
Wernher von Braun
Chief architect of the Saturn V rocket
Günter Wendt
Pad Leader for Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo