Retired Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. An Engineer and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station
Computer scientist, systems engineer/Director of Software Engineering Division of MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for Apollo space program. Her team's work prevented abort of Apollo 11 moon landing
Wife Tuskegee Airman/NASA's highest ranking black female in 1973 when she was fired for seeking equal opportunity for blacks at NASA/Author 'The Harlem Princess'
American astronomer, author, and writer who was the first person to convince the mainstream science that the Earth had once been hit by a planet sized body (Thea), creating both the moon and the Earth's 23° tilt. He also has an asteroid named after hi
Vietnam vet, born 1943. Team leader of the UDT-11 frogmen who recovered the Apollo 11 Command Module. He opened the hatch and shook the hand of Neil Armstrong, the first out, welcoming him back home. He then scrubbed each astronaut with a disinfectant
US Marine, 2 Vietnam tours of duty. Stationed on the USS Hornet in 1969 during it's Apollo 11 recovery, served as a guard of the crew and later,
the command module. Held a rifle at attention as Nixon welcomed the quarantined crew back
American aeronautical engineer who worked on several development projects for Boeing and NASA, including serving a head of the Boeing Lunar Orbiter 1 team (wich produced the famous 'Earthrise' photograph)
Ret. Lt. General of the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. STS-54 (1993) ,STS-64 (1994) , STS-78(1996) ,STS-101 (2001) - ExpediciÃ-³n 2 (2001)
(17 October 1926 - 5 October 1993) was an astronomer, NASA astronaut, space scientist, and professor at Northwestern University. He flew on Space Shuttle Challenger in July 1985. He was in the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 & Skylab 4
American photojournalist, born 1927. Covered the Korean War, presidents, Krushchev, sports, NASA, and more. Named one of AP's Top 10 Civil Rights photographers. Took iconic photos of Rosa Parks' and Martin Luther King's arrests
UFO figure (1919-2004). Wife in the couple that claimed to have been abducted by aliens in 1961. The first widely reported alien abduction, it led to a popular book and TV movie
Is the first woman to have served as the Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, a position which she held from 1994 to 1996. NASA Administrator since 1970. Now Retired from NASA. Worked for Dept. of Energy. Consultant on Apollo 13 film