Apart from the astronauts who were center stage in the success of Apollo 11, there were several other people who worked to make the whole thing happen. Here are some of the behind-the-scenes people who didn't become famous but were very instrumental to the Apollo mission.
As in any great drama, there were big parts and small ones. Some—the astronauts certainly, and top managers like Wernher von Braun—achieved lasting fame. Most played roles so small or brief that few recall their names today. But without Ellie Foraker to sew their spacesuits, or Emil Schiesser to chart their course, or Lynn Radcliffe to test their spacecraft engines, the astronauts might never have reached the moon.
-via Smithsonian
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