National Air and Space Museum

Freemasons have always been in the forefront of the scientific community; from the founding of the British Royal Society to today’s NASA programme in the United States.

Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. b. January 20, 1930 Gemini XII, Apollo 11 Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417 Seabrook, Texas

Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. b. March 6, 1927 Mercury 9, "Faith 7", Gemini V Carbondale Lodge No. 82 Carbondale, Colorado

Donn F. Eisele b. June 23, 1930 Apollo 7 Luthor B. Turner Lodge No. 732 Columbus Ohio

John H. Glenn, Jr. 3 b. July 18, 1921 Mercury 6, "Friendship 7" Concord Lodge No. 688 New Concord, Ohio

Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom April 3, 1926 - January 27, 1967 Mercury 4 "Liberty Bell 7", Gemini 3, Apollo 1 Mitchell Lodge No. 228 Mitchell, Indiana

James Irwin 3 1930-1991 Apollo 15 Edgar D. Mitchell b. Sept. 17, 1930 Apollo 14 Artesia Lodge No. 28 Artesia, New Mexico

Walter M. Schirra, Jr. b. March 12, 1923 Mercury 8 "Sigma 7", Gemini VI, Apollo 7 Canaveral Lodge No. 339 Cocoa Beach, Florida

Thomas P. Stafford b. Sept. 17, 1930 Gemini VII, Gemini IX-A, Apollo 10, Apollo 18 Western Star Lodge No. 138 Weatherford, Oklahoma

Paul J. Weitz b. July 25, 1932 Skylab 2, Challenger (STS-6) Lawrence Lodge No. 708 Erie, Pennsylvania