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Spaceflight Series: Lesson #12 – Sputnik and Explorer

(In commemoration of the accomplishments of the U.S. space program and NASA, the spaceflight series continues with this lesson! Please note Lessons...

Anna L. Fisher, US Astronaut

Anna L. Fisher, US AstronautBorn August 24, 1949Hometown: San Pedro, CABS in chemistryDdoctorate of medicineMS in chemistry from UCLAAbout the...

Richard O. Covey, US Astronaut

Richard O. CoveyColonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)Born on August 1, 1946, in Fayetteville, ArkansasHometown, Fort Walton Beach, FlBS in engineering...

John M. Fabian, US Astronaut

John M. FabianColonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)Born January 28, 1939, in Goosecreek, TCBS in mechanical engineering from Washington State...

John O. Creighton, US Astronaut

John O. CreightonCaptain, U.S. Navy (Retired)Born on April 28, 1943, in Orange, TXBS from U.S. Naval AcademyMS in administration of science and...

50th anniversary of the first American in space

Alan B. Shepard, Jr, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)November 18, 1923 - July 21, 1998Born November 18, 1923, East Derry, New HampshireBS from U.S...

Michael L. Coats; US Astronaut

Michael L. CoatsCaptain, U.S. Navy (Retired)Born on January 16, 1946, in Sacramento, CABS from US Naval AcademyMS in administration of science and...

James F. Buchli; US Astronaut

James F. BuchliColonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired) Born on June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, ND BS in aeronautical engineering from US Naval Academy...