Famous Astronauts & Cosmonauts
Astronaut vs. cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin (1934 - 1968), Soviet pilot and cosmonaut: the first man in space when his Vostok 1 spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
Valentina Tereshkova (1937 - ), Soviet cosmonaut: the first woman in space - Vostok 6, 6 June, 1963.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 - ), American mechanical engineer, United States Air Force pilot and astronaut: was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 - the spaceflight which landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969.
John Glenn (1921 - ) a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator: was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space.
James Lovell, Jr. (1928 - ), NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy: the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth.
Kathryn Thornton (1952 - ), American scientist and NASA astronaut: was aboard STS-33 which deployed the Magellan spacecraft which went on to explore Venus.
Chris Hadfield (1959 - ): the first Canadian astronaut.
Dumitru Prunariu (1952 - ): first Romanian astronaut, flew aboard Soyuz 40 in 1981.
Mark Garneau (1949 - ), Canadian politician, retired military officer, astronaut and engineer: was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles.
Roberta Bondar (1945 -) Canada's first female astronaut and first neurologist in space.
Neil Armstrong (1930 - ), American astronaut, test pilot and aerospace engineer: the first person to set foot on the Moon - Apollo 11; July 21, 1969.
Ilan Ramon (1954 - 2003), Israeli fighter pilot: first Israeli astronaut; the space shuttle payload specialist of the fatal mission of Columbia.
Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Who's Who in Space - NASA
Astronauts & Cosmonauts
Astronauts that Died on Mission - aerospaceweb.org
Astronaut Biographies - NASA
Cosmonaut Biographies - NASA
European Astronauts - European Space Agency (ESA)
Space Exploration Timelines
Space Exploration Timeline
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration - NASA
The Space Race
History of Flight Timeline - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Timeline of Shuttle-Mir - NASA
From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe - PBS
Space Exploration Timeline - Space Exploration
NASA Timeline
Women in Space - NPR
Space Exploration Museums, Stamps and Images
Space Stamps
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
United States' Space- Topical Stamps
Exploring Space Stamps
Space Stamps
The Astro Space Stamp Society
Science Fair Projects
Space Exploration
Related Subjects
Space Exploration
Telescopes
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