People associated with NASA
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Portraits of people associated with the history of NASA
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NACA pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier with X-1.[1]
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Alan B. Shepard, the first NASA astronaut in space.[2]
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John Glenn, first NASA astronaut in orbit
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Neil Armstrong, the first person on the Moon.[3]
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Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun, who stood behind rockets like Saturn V.[4]
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President Dwight Eisenhower, who founded NASA.[5]
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President John Kennedy, who launched the Moon program.[6]
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Astonauts
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original astronauts
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Al Hibbs
References
[edit]- ↑ Aerospaceweb, First Supersonic Jet
- ↑ JPL, Shepard biography
- ↑ NASA, Neil A. Armstrong. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
- ↑ Marshall Space Flight Center, Dr. Wernher von Braun. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
- ↑ National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
- ↑ Rice University