Scouting and Space Exploration

Scouting and Space Exploration

The BSA launched the Space Exploration merit badge in 1965. • Since then, over 420,000 badges have been earned by Scouts. • The requirements for earning this badge may include: o building, launching, and recovering a model rocket F o designing an earth-orbiting space station o learning how satellites stay in orbit o and more…(See www.scouting.org for exact requirements.)

A NASA provides students, particularly Scouts, with many opportunities. • Ideas and information for Cub Scout achievements can be found at: http://spaceplace. jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/cubscouts • Ideas and information for Boy Scout achievements can be found at: C http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/product/community/scout_overview.html

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration selected the first group of T astronauts in 1959. • Of the 320 pilots and scientists selected since 1959, 181 were in Scouting. • Of the 12 men to walk on the moon, 11 were Scouts.

Alphabetical Listing of Astronauts Who Were Scouts Includes highest rank earned, NASA flight experience, and hometown. (c, current astronaut; f, former astronaut; d, deceased) S Source: NASA 2005 Fact Book James C. Adamson, f Buzz Aldrin, Ph.D., f Andrew M. Allen, f Eagle Scout Scout Tenderfoot Cub Scout H STS-28, STS-43 Gemini 12, Apollo 11 STS-46, STS-62, STS-75 Woodbine, Maryland Montclair, New York Titusville, Florida

Joseph P. Allen, Ph.D., f Scott D. Altman, c William A. Anders, f E First Class Scout Second Class Scout Life Scout STS-5, STS-51A STS-90, STS-106, Apollo 8 Crawfordsville, Indiana STS-109, STS-125 Lemon Grove, California E Pekin, Illinois Clayton C. Anderson, c Michael P. Anderson, d Neil A. Armstrong, f First Class Scout Webelos Eagle Scout ISS, STS-117, STS-120 STS-89, STS-107 Apollo 11, lunar surface T Ashland, Nebraska (Columbia) Wapakoneta, Ohio Spokane, Washington

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Richard R. Arnold, c James P. Bagian, M.D., Michael A. Baker, c Webelos P.E., f Life Scout STS-119 Eagle Scout STS-43, STS-52, F Bowie, Maryland STS-29, STS-40 STS-68, STS-81 Philadelphia, Lemoore, California Pennsylvania A Michael R. Barratt, M.D., c Daniel T. Barry, Charles A. Bassett II, d Explorer M.D., Ph.D., f Life Scout Soyuz TMA-14, Star Scout Dayton, Ohio ISS, STS-71 STS-72, STS-96, STS-105 C Vancouver, Washington South Hadley, Massachussets

Alan L. Bean, f Michael J. Bloomfield, f Guion S. Bluford Jr., f T First Class Scout First Class Scout Eagle Scout Scout Apollo 12, lunar surface, STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 STS-8, STS 61-A, Skylab 3 Lake Fenton, Michigan STS-39, STS-53 Houston, Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles F. Bolden Jr., c Kenneth D. Bowersox, f Charles E. Brady Jr., d Second Class Scout Eagle Scout Eagle Scout S STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-50, STS-73, STS-78 STS-45, STS-60 STS-82, STS-113, ISS, Pinehurst, North Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Soyuz TMA-1 H Bedford, Indiana Vance D. Brand, f Roy D. Bridges Jr., f David M. Brown, d Life Scout Life Scout Life Scout Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS-51F STS-107 (Columbia) E STS-41B, STS-35 Williamsburg, Virginia Arlington, Virginia Longmont, Colorado

Curtis L. Brown Jr., f James F. Buchli, f John S. Bull, d E Cub Scout Second Class Scout Rank Unknown STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-51C, STS-61A, Memphis, Tennessee STS-85, STS-95, STS-103 STS-29, STS-48 T Elizabethtown, Fargo, North Dakota North Carolina

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Daniel C. Burbank, c Daniel W. Bursch, f Charles J. Camarda, c Cub Scout Tenderfoot Scout First Class Scout STS-106 STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-114 F Yarmouthport, STS-108, ISS, STS-111 Ozone Park, Queens, Massachussets Vestal, New York New York

Kenneth D. Cameron, f Duane G. “Digger” Carey, f Scott Carpenter, f A Star Scout Cub Scout Second Class Scout STS-37, STS-56, STS-74 STS-109 Aurora 7 Rocky River, Ohio St. Paul, Minnesota Boulder, Colorado C Gerald P. Carr, f Manley Lanier “Sonny” John H. Casper, c Eagle Scout Carter Jr., d Life Scout Skylab 4 Eagle Scout STS-36, STS-54, Santa Ana, California STS-33 STS-62, STS-77 T Warner Robins, Georgia Gainesville, Georgia Eugena A. Cernan, f Roger B. Chaffee, d Gregory Errol Chamitoff, Second Class Scout Eagle Scout Ph.D., c Gemini IX, Apollo 10, Grand Rapid, Michigan Eagle Scout Apollo 17, lunar surface Expedition 17-18 ISS, Maywood, Illinois STS-124, STS-126 S Montreal, Canada Michael R. “Rich” Clifford, f Michael L. Coats, f Charles Conrad Jr., d First Class Scout First Class Scout Cub Scout STS-53, STS-59, STS-76 STS 41-D. STS-29, STS-39 Gemini V, Gemini XI, H Ogden, Utah Riverside, California Apollo XII, Skylab II Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

E L. Gordon Cooper Jr., d Richard O. Covey, f John O. Creighton, f Life Scout Scout Eagle Scout Eagle Scout Faith 7, Gemini 5 STS 51-I, STS-26, STS-51G, STS-36, STS-48 Ventura, California STS-38, STS-61 Seattle, Washington E Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Frank L. Culbertson Jr., f Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr., c Brian Duffy, f Second Class Scout Webelos Cub Scout T STS-38, STS-51, STS-118 STS-45, STS-57, STS-105, ISS, STS-108 Washington, D.C. STS-72, STS-92 Holly Hill, South Carolina Rockland, Massachussets

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Charles M. Duke Jr., f James P. Dutton Jr., c Donn F. Eisele, d Eagle Scout Cub Scout Eagle Scout Apollo 16, lunar surface assigned to STS-131 Apollo VII F Charlotte, North Carolina Eugene, Oregon Columbus, Ohio Anthony W. England, Joe H. Engle, f Ronald E. Evans, d Ph.D, f First Class Scout Life Scout A Star Scout STS-51I Apollo 17 STS-51F Dickinson County, Kansas Scottsdale, Arizona West Fargo, North Dakota C John M. Fabian, f C. Michael Faole, Ph.D., c Edward M. “Mike” Fincke, c Life Scout Wolf Scout Webelos STS-7, STS-51G (equivalent to Cub Scout) ISS Expedition 9, Pullman, Washington STS-45, STS-63, STS-84, Soyuz TMA-4 T Mir, STS-86, STS-103, Emsworth, Pennsylvania Soyuz TMA-3, ISS Cambridge, England

William F. Fisher, Kevin A. Ford, c Michael J. Foreman, c M.D., f Webelos First Class Scout Star Scout Montpelier, Indiana STS-123 STS-51I Wadsworth, Ohio S Webster, Texas Patrick G. Forrester, c Michael E. Fossum, c Theodore C. Freeman, d Eagle Scout Eagle Scout First Class Scout H STS-105, STS-117, STS-128 STS-121, STS-124 Haverford, Pennsylvania Springfield, Virginia McAllen, Texas

C. Gordon Fullerton, f Ronald J. Garan Jr., c Dale A. Gardner, f E Eagle Scout Tenderfoot Scout First Class Scout STS-3, STS-3, STS-51F STS-124 STS-8, STS-51A Portland, Oregon Yonkers, New York Clinton, Iowa

E Guy S. Gardner, f Owen K. Garriott, Ph.D., f Michael L. Gernhardt, Life Scout Star Scout Ph.D., c STS-27, STS-35 Skylab, Spacelab 1 Cub Scout Alexandria, Virginia Enid, Oklahoma STS-69, STS-83, STS-104 T Mansfield, Ohio

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Robert L. Gibson, f Edward G. Gibson, Ph.D., f Edward G. Givens Jr., d Star Scout First Class Scout Life Scout STS 41-B, STS 61-C, Skylab 4 Quanah, Texas F STS-27, STS-47, STS-71 Buffalo, New York Lakewood, California

Richard F. Gordon Jr., f Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, c Frederick D. Gregory, f A Star Scout Webelos Life Scout Gemini XI, Apollo 12 STS-91, STS-99, STS-51B, STS-33, STS-44 Seattle, Washington STS-108, STS-123 Washington, D.C. C Miami, Florida William G. Gregory, f S. David Griggs, d Virgil I. Grissom, d Eagle Scout Eagle Scout Star Scout STS-67 STS-51D Liberty Bell 7, first T Lockport, New York Portland, Oregon manned Gemini flight Mitchell, Indiana

Chris Austin Hadfield, c Fred W. Haise Jr., f L. Blaine Hammond Jr., f Cub Scout Star Scout First Class Scout STS-74, STS-100, ISS Apollo 13 STS-39, STS-64 Sarnia Ontario, Canada Biloxi, Mississippi St. Louis, Missouri S Bernard A. Harris Jr., Steven A. Hawley, Ph.D., f S. Karl G. Henize, Ph.D., d M.D., f Tenderfoot Scout First Class Scout Rank Unknown STS-41D, STS-61C, STS-51F STS-55, STS-63 STS-31, STS-82, STS-93 Cincinnati, Ohio H San Antonio, Texas Salina, Kansas

Terence T. “Tom” Henricks, f John Bennett Herrington, f Charles O. Hobaugh, c Cub Scout Second Class Scout Cub Scout E STS-44, STS-55, STS-113 STS-104, STS-118 STS-70, STS-78 Plano, Texas North Ridgeville, Ohio Woodville, Ohio

E Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., f Rick Douglas Husband, d Gregory H. Johnson, c Eagle Scout Second Class Scout Eagle Scout STS 51-D, STS-35, STS-96, STS-107 STS-123 STS-46, STS-61, STS-75 (Columbia) Fairborn, Ohio T Scarsdale, New York Amarillo, Texas

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Thomas D. Jones, Ph.D., f James M. Kelly, c Mark F. Kelly, c Eagle Scout Webelos Cub Scout STS-59, STS-68, STS-102, STS-114 STS-108, STS-121, F STS-80, STS-98 Burlington, Ohio STS-124 Essex, Maryland West Orange, New Jersey

Scott J. Kelly, c Timothy L. Kopra, c Kevin R. Kregel, f A Cub Scout Tenderfoot Scout Life Scout STS-103, STS-118 STS-127, STS-128, ISS STS-70, STS-78, West Orange, New Jersey Austin, Texas STS-87, STS-99 C Amityville, New York Mark C. Lee, f David C. Leestma, c Don L. Lind, Ph.D., f Eagle Scout Cub Scout Eagle Scout STS-30, STS-47, STS-41G, STS-28, STS-45 STS-51B T STS-64, STS-82 Tustin, California Sandy, Utah Viroqua, Wisconsin

Steven W. Lindsey, c Richard M. Linnehan, c John A. Llewellyn, Ph.D., f Eagle Scout First Class Scout King’s Scout (equivalent STS-87, STS-95, STS-78, STS-90, to Eagle Scout) STS-104, STS-121 STS-109, STS-123 Cardiff, Wales, U.K. S Temple City, California Pelham, New Hampshire Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, c Christopher J. “Gus” John M. “Mike” Lounge, f Cub Scout Loria, f Star Scout STS-73, STS-92, Webelos STS-51I, STS-26, STS-35 H MS-1, STS-113, League City, Texas Burlington, Colorado Soyuz TMA-9, ISS Mission Viejo, California E Jack Robert Lousma, f Stanley G. Love, James A. Lovell Jr., f Tenderfoot Scout Ph.D., c Eagle Scout Skylab 3, STS-3 Tenderfoot Scout Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Ann Arbor, Michigan STS-122 Apollo 8, Apollo 13 E Eugene, Oregon Cleveland, Ohio

G. David Low, d Thomas H. Marshburn, Michael J. Massimino, Life Scout M.D., c Ph.D, c T STS-32, STS-43, STS-57 Star Scout Webelos McLean, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia STS-109, STS-125 Franklin Square, New York

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Thomas K. Mattingly II, f William S. McArthur Jr., c Jon A. McBride, f Life Scout Life Scout Cub Scout Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51C STS-58, STS-76, STS-74, STS 41-G F Miami, Florida STS-92, Soyuz TMA, ISS Beckley, West Virginia Wakulla, North Carolina

William C. McCool, d Michael J. McCulley, f James A. Jr McDivitt, f A Eagle Scout Eagle Scout Tenderfoot Scout STS-107 (Columbia) STS-34 Gemini 4, Apollo 9 Lubbock, Texas Livingston, Tennessee Chicago, Illinois C Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D., d Carl J. Meade, f F. Curtis Michel, f Star Scout Cub Scout Tenderfoot Scout STS 41-B, STS 51-L STS-38, STS-50, STS-64 Sacramento, California (Challenger) Chanute AFB, Illinois T Lake City, South Carolina Edgar D. Mitchell, f Lee M. E. Morin, M.D., Richard M. Mullane, f Life Scout Ph.D, c Second Class Scout Apollo 14, lunar surface Rank Unknown STS-41D, STS-27, STS-36 Hereford, Texas STS-110 Albuquerque, Hudson, Ohio New Mexico S Story Musgrave, M.D., f George D. “Pinky” Nelson, Soichi Noguchi, c Cub Scout Ph.D., f Star Scout STS-6, STS-51F/Spacelab First Class Scout STS-114 2, STS-33, STS-44, STS-41C, STS-61C, Yokohama, Japan H STS-61, STS-80 STS-26 Lexington, Kentucky Charles City, Iowa

Carlos I. Noriega, c Bryan D. O’Connor, c William A. Oefelein, f E Webelos Explorer First Class Scout STS-84, STS-97 STS-61B, STS-40 STS-116 Santa Clara, California Twentynine Palms, Anchorage, Alaska E California Brian T. O’Leary, f John D. Olivas, Ph.D., P.E., c Ellison S. Onizuka, d Eagle Scout Webelos Eagle Scout Boston, Massachussets STS-117, STS-128 STS-51C, STS-51L T El Paso, Texas (Challenger) Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii

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Stephen S. Oswald, f Robert F. Overmyer, d Scott E. Parazynski, M.D., f Eagle Scout First Class Scout Eagle Scout STS-42, STS-56, STS-67 STS-5, STS-51B STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, F Bellingham, Washington Westlake, Ohio STS-100, STS-120 Little Rock, Arkansas

Robert A. R. Parker, Ph.D., f Donald R. Pettit, John L. Phillips, A Second Class Scout Ph.D., c Ph.D., c STS-9/Spacelab 1, Eagle Scout Cub Scout STS-35 Shrewsbury, ISS, STS-113, STS-126 STS-100, ISS, Massachussets Silverton, Oregon STS-114, STS-119 C Scottsdale, Arizona William R. Pogue, f Alan G. Poindexer, c Mark Lewis Polansky, c Second Class Scout Life Scout Rank Unknown T Skylab 4 STS-122, STS-122 STS-98, STS-116, STS-127 Okemah, Oklahoma Rockville, Maryland Paterson, New York

William F. Readdy, f Kenneth S. Reightler Jr., f James F. Reilly II, Ph.D., f Cub Scout Eagle Scout First Class Scout STS-42, STS-51, STS-79 STS-48, STS-60 STS-89, STS-104, STS-117 McLean, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Mesquite, Texas S Paul William Richards, c Stephen K. Robinson, Kent V. Rominger, f Tenderfoot Scout Ph.D., c Cub Scout STS-102 Life Scout STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, Dunmore, Pennsylvania STS-85, STS-95, STS-114 STS-96, STS-100 H Moraga, California Del Norte, Colorado Walter M. Schirra, d Harrison M. Schmitt, Russell L. Schweickart, f First Class Scout Ph.D., f First Class Scout E Sigma 7 Mercury, Tenderfoot Scout Apollo 9, lunar surface Gemini 6, Apollo VII Apollo 17, lunar surface Neptune, New Jersey Hackensack, New York Silver City, New Mexico

E David R. Scott, f Winston E. Scott, f Richard A. Searfoss, f Life Scout First Class Scout Eagle Scout Gemini 8, Apollo 9, STS-72, STS-87 STS-58, STS-76 Apollo 15, lunar surface Coral Gables, Florida Portsmouth, T Washington, D.C. New Hampshire

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Elliot M. See Jr., d Piers J. Sellers, Ph.D., c Alan B. Shepard Jr., d Eagle Scout Wolf Scout (equivalent First Class Scout Dallas, Texas to Cub Scout) Freedom 7, Apollo 14, F STS-112, STS-121 lunar surface Cranbrook, Kent, U.K. East Derry, New Jersey

William M. Shepherd, f Loren J. Shriver, f Steven L. Smith, c A Cub Scout Second Class Scout Tenderfoot Scout STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, STS-51C, STS-31, STS-46 STS-68, STS-82, Expedition 1, ISS Paton, Iowa STS-103, STS-110 C Babylon, New York San Jose, California Sherwood C. “Woody” Robert C. Springer, f Thomas P. Stafford, f Spring, f Life Scout Star Scout Life Scout STS-29, STS-38 Gemini VI, Gemini IX, T STS-61B Ashland, Ohio Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Harmony, Rhode Island Test Project Weatherford, Oklahoma

John L. Swigert Jr., d Joseph R. “Joe” Tanner, f Andrew S. W. Thomas, Second Class Scout Eagle Scout Ph.D., c Apollo 7, Apollo 13 STS-66, STS-82, Cub Scout Denver, Colorado STS-97, STS-115 STS-77, STS-89, ISS, S Danville, Illinois STS-91, STS-102, STS-114 Adelaide, South Australia

William E. Thornton, M.D., f Pierre J. Thuot, f Richard H. Truly, f H Second Class Scout Cub Scout Eagle Scout STS-8, STS-51B/Spacelab STS-36, STS-49, STS-62 STS-2, STS-8 3 Faison, North Carolina Fairfax, Virginia Fayette, Mississippi E James D. A. “Ox” van Charles L. Veach, d James S. Voss, f Hoften, f First Class Scout Rank Unknown Life Scout STS-39, STS-52 STS-44, STS-53, STS-41C, STS-51I Honolulu, Hawaii STS-69, STS-101, E Burlingame, California STS-102, ISS, STS-105 Opelika, Alaska

David M. Walker, d Edward H. White II, d Donald E. Williams, f T Eagle Scout Second Class Scout Explorer STS-51A, STS-30, Gemini 4 STS-51D, STS-34 STS-53, STS-69 San Antonio, Texas Otterbein, Indiana Columbus, Georgia

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Jeffrey N. Williams, c Clifton C. Williams Jr., d Dafydd Rhys “Dave” Star Scout Life Scout Williams, M.D., c STS-101, Soyuz TMA 8, Mobile, Alaska Cub Scout F ISS STS-90, STS-118 Winter, Wisconsin Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada A David A. Wolf, Neil W. Woodward III, f Alfred Merrill Worden, f BSEE, M.D., c Second Class Scout First Class Scout Cub Scout Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Apollo 15 STS-112, STS-86, MIR, Jackson, Michigan C STS-89, STS-58 Indianapolis, Indiana

John W. Young, f T Second Class Scout Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, lunar surface, STS-1, STS-9 Orlando, Florida S H E E T

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