1. Famous Astronomers and AstronautsBy: David Heinen

2. John Herschel Glenn, Jr.

Born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge Ohio .

Attended Muskingum College.

3. John Herschel Glenn, Jr.

Was the first American to orbit the Earth

TheNASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis FieldinCleveland ,Ohiois named after him.

4. Neil Armstrong

Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5,1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

He got a degree in aeronauti cal engineeringfrom Purdue University.

5. Neil Armstrong

On July 20, 1969 Mr. Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the moon.

He and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface for 2 hours and 30 minutes.

6. Buzz Aldrin

Was born July 18th 1921

Once hated homework but he loved football but his dad intervened and he gave up football.

In the early 1960s was when he started his job with NASA as they selected him to be one of the early astronauts

7. Buzz Aldrin

One of the first people on the moon.

8. James Lovell

James Arthur Lovell, Jr. was born on March 25, 1928.

Is a NASA astronaut who flew on two Gemini missions (Gemini 7 and Gemini 12) orbiting the Earth and also two Apollo trips on which he circled the moon.

9. Halton Christian Arp

An American Astronomer.

Arp was born in New York and educated at Harvard and the California Institute of Technology

Arp has attempted to relate the listings of galaxies to radio sources

10. Nicholas Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus (1473 -1543) was a Polish astronomer, well known for his Copernican theory.

His theory stated that sun rest near the center of the universe, and the earth, which spun daily on its axis, revolved annually around the sun.

11. Kathryn Thornton

Kathryn Thornton was born in Montgomery, Alabama.

She received a bachelor's in physics from Auburn University in 1974.

Completing her training in 1985, Thornton has spent over 593 hours in space, including 21 hours of spacewalks.

12. Eugene Cernan

Captain Eugene Cernan was one of the fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963.

He occupied the pilot seat alongside of command pilot Tom Stafford on the Gemini XI mission