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
Famous quotes containing the word wan:
“one pale woman all alone,
The daylight kissing her wan hair,
Loitered beneath the gas lamps’ flare,
With lips of flame and heart of stone.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)