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 John Glenn |
- John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times in 5 hours.
- Glenn became the oldest man to go into space.
- He went back to space in the Space Shuttle Columbia mission of 1998.
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Alan Shepherd
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- On May 5 , Shepherd became the first American in space.
- Shepherd was the commander of Apollo 14.
- Shepherd was the only one of the seven mercury astronauts to go to the moon.
- Shepherd spent two days on the moon.
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 Yuri Gagarin |
- First man from the USSR in space.
- Gagarin was one of 20 pilots chosen for the initial Soviet space programme.
- In total, Gagarin’s flight lasted 108 minutes.
- After his safe return, he worked on designs for a reusable spacecraft.
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 Neil Armstrong |
- Neil Armstrong was the first man ever on the moon.
- "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Armstrong was only on the moon for a little over two hours.
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 Guss Grissom |
- Second American to go into space with the Liberty Bell 7
- NASA awarded Grissom with its Distinguished Service Medal
- Grissom was awarded with his flight wings in December 1961
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 Roger Chaffee |
- Awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
- One of the pilots for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight.
- One of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA
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 Edward White |
- Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his Gemini 4 spaceflight.
- White died in the Apollo 1 fire.
- White became the first american to "walk" in space.
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 James Lovell |
- Commander of the Apollo 13 mission.
- Pilot of Apollo 8.
- First person to fly to space four times and never make a landing in any of his trips.
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 Buzz Aldrin |
- Served as a capcom forGemini 5 and Gemini 10.
- First space flight was when he piloted Gemini 12.
- Second man to step on the moon.
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Alan Bean
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- Spent 30 hours on the moon,
- Found the first sign of life on the moon.
- Brought back part of the Surveyor III
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Eugene Cernan
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- Logged 22 hours on the moon.
- Last man on the moon
- He was aboard the Apollo 17 mission.
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John Young
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- logged 835 hours in space on 6 missions,
- He spent three days on the moon.
- Young was the command module pilot on Apollo 10..
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Sally Ride
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- First American women in space.
- She mad her historic Space Flight aboard STS-7 (June 18-24, 1983).
- Her second flight was shuttle mission 41-G.
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Story Musgrave
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- Story Musgrave was a mission specialist on the shuttle mission STS-6 and 51-F.
- Published over 44 scientific papers.
- Also a part time surgeon.
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