Fly high, Jim Lovell...

[Mad Doug Biker]

They filmed the weightless scenes in the 'Vomit Comet' for added realism too.

 

[Beebo]

He was the first human to see Earthrise, the phenomenon of the earth rising behind the moon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7y8zq5xpno

 

[gbb]

One of the iconic astronauts, somehow these guys from the early days are etched in our minds.
I wonder if youngsters who came of age during say the Space shuttle missions think the same way about those astronauts...I suspect not.
RIP...

 

[Reynard]

One of the iconic astronauts, somehow these guys from the early days are etched in our minds.
I wonder if youngsters who came of age during say the Space shuttle missions think the same way about those astronauts...I suspect not.
RIP...

John Young did both. So did Ken Mattingly, Jack Lousma, Fred Haise and Joe Engele.

 

[classic33]