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John Glenn
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John Glenn was born July 18, 1921
in Cambridge, Ohio. He married Anna Margaret Castor of New Concord,
Ohio. Glenn has two full grown children and two grandchildren.
John Glenn has received many awards in the field of Science.
In his NASA career he was the first American to circle the Earth
and was the oldest man ever to enter space. Glenn received the
Congressional Space Medal of Honor for being the first American
to orbit the Earth in Mercury 6. Glenn was 77 years old when
he became the oldest man ever to enter space. Glenn has logged
over 218 hours in space. |
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Neil A. Armstrong
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Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio
on August 5, 1930. Armstrong has flown over 200 types of air
crafts. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He
commanded the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched March 16,
1966. Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two
air crafts in space. Armstrong was commander of Apollo 11. He
gained the fame of being the first man to land a lunar module
on the moon and the first to set foot on the moon. He said, "That's
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil
A. Armstrong was given the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
for his success in the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions. Armstrong
has been decorated by 17 countries. He has also received many
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John W. Young
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John W. Young was born September 24, 1930. He married Susi
Feldman of St. Louis, Missouri. He has two children and two grandchildren.
He has been awarded many medals for his excellence in the NASA
program. Most important of these awards is the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor for his excellence in Gemini 6 and 10 ,
Apollo 10 and 16 and SETS-1. The Congressional Space Medal of
Honor was presented to him on May 19 , 1981.
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Shannon Lucid
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Shannon Lucid was born January 14, 1943 in Shanghai,
China. She is married to Michael F. Lucid of Indianapolis, Indiana
They have two daughters and one son. Shannon Lucid was awarded
the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for her 188 days in space
on the Russian Space Station Mir on December 2, 1996. 188 days
is the longest any American, or any woman of any nation has spent
in space. She has flown five missions. She was also awarded the
Friendship Medal by the Russian president. This is one of Russia's
highest awards and the highest that can be awarded to a non-citizen. |
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James A. Lovell
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James A. Lovell was born in Cleveland,
Ohio in 1928. He commanded Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970. He became
the first man to venture to the moon two times. James A. Lovell
was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for his services
in Gemini 7 and 12 , and Apollo 8 and 13. He was awarded the
medal by Bill Clinton on July 26, 1995. Bill Clinton told James
A. Lovell he demonstrated , " the kind of resourcefulness,
grit, and grace under pressure that is the province of a hero." |
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Alan B. Shepard
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Alan B. Shepard was born on November 15, 1923
in East Derry, New Hampshire. Shepard was the first American
man ever to enter space. Shepard did this in the Freedom 7 spacecraft
on May 5, 1961. Shepard was also the fifth person ever to walk
on the moon on the Apollo 14 mission. Shepard spent 9 hours 23
minutes on the surface of the moon. Shepard has received many
medals. He received the highest that can be awarded from the
Smithsonian, the Langley Medal, on May 5, 1964. But the most
important of the medals he was awarded is probably the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor for being the first man in outer space on
Mercury 3 and for commanding Apollo 14. |
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Thomas J. Stafford
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Thomas J. Stafford was born September 17, 1930
in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He was chosen with the second group
of astronauts in 1962. He was backup pilot for Gemini 3 , pilot
for Gemini 6 , backup commander for Apollo 7, and later commander
of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Stafford was awarded the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor for his work on commanding the first lunar
flight to the moon, flying Gemini 6 and 9, flying Apollo 10 and
being on the Apollo- Soyuz Test Project. |
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Virgil I. Grissom
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Virgil I. Grissom was born April 3, 1926 , in
Mitchell, Indiana. He earned a bachelors degree in mechanical
engineering from Purdue University. Grissom was in the Mercury
project. Grissom entered space to show people that Shepard's
success in space was not just a fluke. Grissom was the commander
of the first Gemini flight. In 1966 NASA introduced Grissom to
be the first commander for the Apollo Earth orbit. Grissom was
doing a test on Apollo One when it caught fire and all 3 passengers
died including Virgil I. Grissom. He was awarded the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor for his work on the Mercury, Gemini and
Apollo missions. |
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Charles Conrad
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Charles Conrad was born June 2 , 1930 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton University in 1953.
He was chosen with a second group of astronauts in 1962. He was
pilot of Gemini 5, backup pilot for Gemini 8, command pilot for
Gemini 11, and backup pilot for Apollo 9. As commander of Apollo
12 he became the third man to walk on the moon. Later in his
NASA career he became commander of Skylab 2. He resigned from
his NASA career on February 1 , 1974. He was given the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor for his work on Gemini 5 and 11 , Apollo
12 and Skylab 2. |
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Frank Borman
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Frank Borman was born in Gary , Indiana in 1928.
He became an astronaut in 1962. He commanded Apollo 8. Apollo
8 circled the moon in 1968. The Apollo 8 flight started December
21 , and ended December 27. Borman circled the Earth for 14 days
in Gemini 7. He became the field director of a manned space station
task group. He resigned from the space program in 1970. Frank
Borman was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for
his work on Gemini 7 and Apollo 8. |