he was one of the big 5 in aviation/space legends.

1. chuck yeager

2. alan shepard (first american in space and apollo 14 commander)

3. john glenn (first american to orbit the earth)

4. neil armstrong (no intro needed for this legend)

5. john young (first space shuttle commander and apollo 16 commander. he's also the only human to fly and pilot 4 spacecraft! gemini, apollo command module in apollo 10, apollo lunar module in apollo 16, and the space shuttle in STS-1 and STS-9)

the only people who will even come close to these legends in the future would be whomever lands on the moon first in the artemis lunar program and then whomever lands on mars.

he was one of the big 5 in aviation/space legends.

1. chuck yeager

2. alan shepard (first american in space and apollo 14 commander)

3. john glenn (first american to orbit the earth)

4. neil armstrong (no intro needed for this legend)

5. john young (first space shuttle commander and apollo 16 commander. he's also the only human to fly 4 spacecraft! gemini, apollo command module in apollo 10, apollo lunar module in apollo 16, and the space shuttle in STS-1 and STS-9)

the only people who will even come close to these legends in the future would be whomever lands on the moon first in the artemis lunar program and then whomever lands on mars.

he was one of the big 5 in aviation/space legends.

1. chuck yeager

2. alan shepard (first american in space and apollo 14 commander)

3. john glenn (first american to orbit the earth)

4. neil armstrong (no intro needed for this legend)

5. john young (first space shuttle commander and apollo 16 commander. he's also the only human to fly 4 spacecraft! gemini, apollo command module in apollo 10, apollo lunar module in apollo 16, and the space shuttle in STS-1)

the only people who will even come close to these legends in the future would be whomever lands on the moon first in the artemis lunar program and then whomever lands on mars.