Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997), also known as Gene Shoemaker, was an American geologist. He was one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He was best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy.
Shoemaker died in a car crash in Alice Springs, Australia, aged 69.
On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe.