According to legend, Wan Hu (possibly 萬虎 or 萬戶) (d. ca. 1500) was a minor Chinese official of the Ming dynasty who attempted to become the world's first recorded "astronaut". The crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon is named after him.
Read more about Wan Hu: The Legend of Wan Hu, Popular Culture
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—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)