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Astronaut/Cosmonaut
Astronauts and cosmonauts of the 20th century.
| Name | Accomplishments | Important Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (American) | became the second person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. | Born in 1930. Walked on the moon in 1969. |
| Neil Armstrong (American) | Commander of the Apollo 11 mission and the first man to walk on the moon. | Born in 1930. Walked on the moon in 1969. |
| Yuri Gagarin (Russian) | First man to orbit the earth when his Vostok spacecraft orbited the earth. | Lived from 1934 to 1968. Vostok orbited the earth on April 12, 1961. |
| John Glenn (American) | First American in orbital flight when he orbited the earth three times in his Friendship 7 capsule. Later seved in the US senate as a Democrat. Became the oldest man in space when he boarded the space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77. | Born in 1921. Orbited the earth in the Friendship 7 capsule in 1962. |
| Sally Ride (American) | First woman in space. | Born in 1951. Went into space in 1983. |
| Valentina Tereshkova (Soviet) | First woman to orbit the earth aboard the Vostok 6. | Born in 1937. Orbited the earth in 1963. |
| Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (American) | First American in space when he made a 15-minute sub-orbital flight in his Freedom 7. Later commanded Apollo 14 mission and became the 5th man to walk on the moon. | Born in 1923. First American in space on May 5, 1961. |
| Edward Higgins White (American) | First American to perform extravehicular activity in space. Killed with his crewmates Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee by a preflight fire. | Lived from 1930 to 1967. |
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