George Lucas
Best known for the six Star Wars films, this screenwriter, director, and producer has been credited by many as helping to create a renewal of interest in science fiction motion […]
Archibald M. Low
The ‘Father of Radio Guidance Systems.’ Archibald M. “Archy” Low was born in 1888 in London. The son of an engineer, he frequently visited his father’s workplace while a young […]
James A. Lovell Jr.
Flew on Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon, and commanded Apollo 13. James A. Lovell Jr., was born March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio. His father […]
William R. Lovelace II
Experimented on the problems of high altitude escape and parachuting. William Randolph “Randy” Lovelace II, a native New Mexican, was born in 1907. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in […]
Jack R. Lousma
Pilot for Skylab 3, and commander of the third space shuttle mission. Jack Robert Lousma was born on February 29, 1936, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Ann Arbor […]
Willy Ley
Outstanding science writer and co-founder of German Rocket Society. Willy Ley was a prolific writer and lecturer on scientific subjects. He was one of the earliest proponents of a manned […]
Alexei A. Leonov
The first man to walk in space, co-commanded the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Flight. Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov is a former Soviet cosmonaut who is also an accomplished artist. In 1965, he […]
Jerome F. Lederer
Jerome “Jerry” Lederer was born on September 26, 1902, in New York City. He became interested in aviation as a child, in part after seeing just the second aviation tournament […]
Fritz Lang
In 1929, he wrote and directed Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon). The most expensive silent film ever made at the time, it is often called ‘the first serious […]
Valery N. Kubasov
The Chief Designer of the Soviet Space Program. Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov was born on January 7, 1935, in Vyazniki, USSR. After finishing secondary school in 1952, he entered the Moscow […]