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John Glenn
Mercury-Atlas 6, First American to orbit Earth, February 20, 1962
Alan Shepard
Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14, First American in space, Fifth person to walk on the Moon
Scott Kelly
STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-01M, One Year Mission on ISS
John Young
Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9, Walked on the Moon, First Space Shuttle mission
Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11, Second person to walk on the Moon, July 20, 1969
Guion Bluford
STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53, First African American in space
Yuri Gagarin
Vostok 1, First human in space, April 12, 1961
Eileen Collins
STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114, First female Shuttle Pilot, First female Shuttle Commander
Chris Cassidy
STS-127, Expedition 35/36, Expedition 63, SEAL in U.S. Navy
Kathryn D. Sullivan
STS-41-G, STS-31, STS-45, First American woman to walk in space
Thomas Pesquet
Expedition 50/51, Expedition 65/66, First French commander of the ISS
Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11, First person to walk on the Moon, July 20, 1969
Chris Hadfield
STS-74, STS-100, Expedition 35, First Canadian to command the ISS
Mae Jemison
STS-47, First African American woman in space, September 12, 1992
Peggy Whitson
Expedition 5, Expedition 16, Expedition 50/51, Most time in space by an American astronaut
Ellen Ochoa
STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110, First Hispanic woman in space
Sally Ride
STS-7, STS-41-G, First American woman in space, 1983
Michael Collins
Gemini 10, Apollo 11, Command Module Pilot for the first Moon landing mission
Valentina Tereshkova
Vostok 6, First woman in space, June 16, 1963
Jim Lovell
Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13, First to fly to the Moon twice, Apollo 13 survival
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