What is Ronald Evans (astronaut)?
{{Infobox astronaut | name =Ronald E. Evans Jr. | othername =Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. | image =Ronald Evans.jpg | type =[[NASA]] [[Astronaut]] | nationality =American | birth_date ={{birth date|1933|11|10}} | birth_place =[[St. Francis, Kansas]], U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|1990|04|07|1933|11|10}} | death_place =[[Scottsdale, Arizona]], U.S. | occupation =[[Naval aviator]], [[engineer]] | alma_mater =[[University of Kansas]], B.S. 1956<br />[[Naval Postgraduate School|NPS]], M.S. 1964 | rank =[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Captain (U.S. Navy)|Captain]], [[United States Navy|USN]] | selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1966|1966 NASA Group 5]] | eva1 =1 | eva2 =1 hour 5 minutes | time =12d 13h 52m | mission =[[Apollo 17]] | insignia =[[Image:Apollo 17-insignia.png|48px]] | Date of ret =March 15, 1977 | awards =[[File:NASA Distinguished Service Medal.jpg|20px|link=NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] [[Image:Air Medal front.jpg|20px]] }} '''Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr.''' (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990), ([[Captain (United States)|Capt]], [[United States Navy|USN]]), was an American [[United States Navy|naval officer]] and [[United States naval aviator|aviator]], [[electrical engineer]], [[aeronautical engineer]], and [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. He was one of [[List of Apollo astronauts#Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon without landing|24 people to have flown to the Moon]]. ==Biography== ===Early life and education=== Evans was born on November 10, 1933, in [[St. Francis, Kansas]]. His parents were Clarence Ellwin Evans (1911–1985) and Marie A. Evans ({{nee|Priebe}}; 1913–1992). He had two siblings, Larry Joe Evans (1935–1951) and Jay Evans.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Evans&GSfn=Ronald&GSmn=Ellwin&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=167176552&df=all& Ron Evans' family]</ref> He was active in the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. He achieved its second highest