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In space

She was russian, she was yhe second


woman to go into space and was the
first woman to walk in space.
She manned the soyuz T-7, she received
the medal of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Picture of Svetlana Savitskaya
An important man in the space's history

Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930)


is an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot,
aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States
Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the
Moon. Gemini 8...
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He touched the moon on July 20, in 1969; at 20:17:39. He could
arrive there with the skyrocket Apollo 11. He started to work at 16
years old in Wapakoneta airport as pilot. He studied in the South
Californian University and in Puerdue University.

Neil Armstrong aviator The moon landing


Neil Armstrong

Prizes and medals

He won the presidential


medal of freedom (1962),
medal of space honors United
States Congress (1970) and the
medal to Exceptional Service
in the NASA (1969).
In 1999 he won the
german prize "Gold Camera".
Photos and curious information
At the end (left ) his signature,
End (right) 2 mission insignia.
Right: photo.
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was born in 9 March 1934. It
was a soviet cosmonaut and the first human
in the space, to do aboard the ship
Vostok 1. A famous phrase was said (as his
ship took off) Poyejali!, which in
Russian means go!
Youth of Yuri
Yuri was working until 1954, with aims at
Saratov city airfield. He learned to a fly a
light aircraf, a hobby that became
increasingly more intense. After completing
his technical studies entered the Military
School Of Pilots Of Orenburg, where
Valentina Goricheva met and married her. In
1959 he ran for fst spaceflight.
He died on March 27, 1968, 34 years old.
Peggy Annette Whitson
NASA Official Biography

NAME: Peggy A. Whitson


(Ph.D.)NASA Astronaut
Candidate (Mission
Specialist)
PERSONAL DATA: Born
February 9, 1960 in Mt. Ayr,
Iowa. Married to Clarence F.
Sams, Ph.D. She enjoys
windsurfing, biking,
basketball, water skiing.
Peggy Annette Whitson
EXPERIENCE: From 1981 to 1985, Whitson conducted her graduate
work in biochemistry at Rice University, Houston, Texas, as a Robert
A. Welch Predoctoral Fellow. Following completion of her graduate
work she continued at Rice University as a Robert A Welch
Postdoctoral Fellow until October 1986. Following this position, she
began her studies at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas,
as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. From
April 1988 until September 1989, Whitson served as the Supervisor for
the Biochemistry Research Group at KRUG International, a medical
sciences contractor at NASA-JSC. In 1991, Whitson was also invited
to be an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine and Department of Human Biological Chemistry and
Genetics at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Hello I'm Charlie Duke
As an American, it was my honor to serve my
country by going to the moon aboard Apollo 16 and
becoming the 10th man to walk on the lunar
surface.
We can all share in the accomplishments of the
Apollo program, just as we shared that special
moment when on July 20th, 1969, we watched the
televised pictures of the Commander of Apollo 11,
Neil Armstrong, as he took his "...giant leap for
mankind."
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10th Man To Walk On The Moon
Charlie Duke NASA astronaut Charles M. Duke, the 10th man to
walk on the moon.
Retired Brig. Gen. Duke served as lunar module pilot
of Apollo 76 on its April 16-27, 1972, mission to the
moon. He spent more than 20 hours on moonwalking
Walk On The Moon Walk With The activities during the mission.
Son Duke, a Naval Academy and MIT graduate, and Air
A concise summary of the Apollo 16 Force fighter interceptor pilot, speaks about
mission adventure and the continuing achieving goals through education, personal
commitment, and individual responsibility.
adventure of Charlie's walk with God.
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA

She was born on March 6 1937 in Moscow and she died in


1999.
She studied engineering and became an expert skydiver, so
that in 1962 it became part of the Cosmonaut Training
Center.
She is the first woman in the space, she is a soviet
astronaut(she is born in 6 March 1937). In 1963 she travelled
in the VOSTOK VI. In her fight for the feminist movement
she was the vice president of the Women Democratic
International Federation.
VOSTOK VI

Valentina Tereshkova was 2 days 22 hours 50 minutes in space


aboard Vostok VI.
It was released on June 16, 1963 at 9:29:52.
In its first orbit, Vostok 6 was close to three miles.
Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison was born


on October 17, 1956.
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She was the first African American astronaut woman. She was a
physician, too. She worked in the NASA in 1987 to 1993.
She worked in the space equipment STS-47 in 1992. Jemison
founded The Jemison Group. This group developed, ALAFIYA,
systems of satellite telecommunitations.
She studied in the Stanford University and in the Weill Medical
College of Cornell University.

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