Astronauts, Doctors, Explorers and Inventors

  • Peter Agre, biologist who received 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Eagle Scout, Class of 1964)
  • Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon
  • Dr. James Andrews, surgeon who has treated many high-profile athletes, including Drew Brees and Charles Barkley (Eagle Scout)
  • Neil Armstrong, astronaut and first man to walk on the moon (Eagle Scout, Class of 1947)
  • Lee Berger, National Geographic explorer and paleoanthropologist (Eagle Scout, Class of 1983)
  • Guion Bluford, first African-American in space (Eagle Scout)
  • Thomas Cech, chemist who received 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Eagle Scout, Class of 1962)
  • Roger Chaffee, astronaut who was killed in the Apollo 1 mission (Eagle Scout, Class of 1951)
  • Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, father of modern aerobics (Eagle Scout, Class of 1946)
  • Charles Duke, astronaut and 10th man to walk on the moon (Eagle Scout, Class of 1946)
  • Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the modern television (Eagle Scout, Class of 1932)
  • Steve Fossett, record-setting aviator (Eagle Scout, Class of 1957)
  • Jim Lovell, astronaut who was commander of Apollo 13 mission (Eagle Scout, Class of 1943)
  • William Moerner, physicist who received 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Eagle Scout, Class of 1967)
  • Ellison Onizuka, astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Eagle Scout, Class of 1964)
  • Gitanjali Rao, inventor, STEM Scout and the first ever Time Kid of the Year in 2020
  • Paul Siple, Antarctic explorer who coined the term “wind chill” (Eagle Scout, Class of 1924)
  • E. O. Wilson, researcher, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the world’s top ant expert (Eagle Scout, Class of 1944)
2026 Incentive Pricing

Any new crew reservations for 2026 booked on or after April 17th for arrival dates after July 15th, 2026, will be eligible for 2025 pricing.