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Born July 8, 1941 (age 85) • New York City • New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Wilson
American astronaut
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Michael Griffin
American aerospace engineer
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David S. McKay
American astrobiologist and geologist
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman
American astronomer
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, in a white spacesuit, smiles and waves at the camera while working outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk.
Jessica Meir
American astronaut
Portrait of NASA astronaut Christina Koch wearing an orange flight suit with mission patches and an American flag.
Christina Koch
American astronaut
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
American mathematician
Valerie Thomas
Valerie Thomas
American scientist and inventor
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
United States senator
Joseph Acaba
Joseph Acaba
American astronaut
Artemis II crew members Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover wear eclipse glasses and smile while floating in their spacecraft during a lunar mission.
Reid Wiseman
American astronaut
Nicole Aunapu Mann
Nicole Aunapu Mann
American astronaut
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
American astronaut
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson
American mathematician and engineer
Charles Bolden.
Charles Bolden
American astronaut
Joseph Kerwin on Skylab 2
Joseph Kerwin
American astronaut and physician
George Low
George Low
Austrian-born American aerospace engineer
Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan
American mathematician and computer programmer