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John Glenn
He was born on July 18th. In 1953 he flew 90 combat missions during the korean war. -
Gus Grissom
Gus was born on April 3rd. In 1951 he was awarded Air Force Wings. -
Guion Bluford
Guion was born on November 22nd. In 1965 he earned Pilot Wings. -
Christa Mcauliffe
Christa was born on September 2nd. In 1986 she died 73 seconds after liftoff from a explosion of the shuttle. -
Mae Jemison
She was born on October 17th. Mae was the first african american to orbit the sun. -
Ham (the space chimp)
Ham lived in a jungle in Africa. He was the first chimp to travel in space! -
Yuri A. Gagarin
First human to travel more than 200 miles above the surface of the earth. He was also the first cosmonaut. -
Neil Armstrong
He was an american astronaut. Born in 1930 Ohio. Was a pilot for the U.S. navy. -
Valentina Tereshkova
First woman in space. A crater is named after her. -
Mary Cleave
She was an american astronaut. Born on Feb. 5 1947. She became an astronaut in 1980 -
Sally Ride
She was in the First Shuttle Mission. In 1986 Sally was assigned a presidential panel. -
Andrew Allen
In 1998 Andrew became an astronaut for NASA. He flew the Space Shuttle Atlantis. -
Helen Sharman
Helen entered a competition to be an astronaut. She spent 8 days in space doing an expieriment. -
Shannon Lucid
Shannon was an astronaut for 18 years. She trained hard for all 5 of her missions. -
Dennis Tito
Dennis was the first space tourist to pay to go in space. He spent a week in orbit.
