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  2. John Herrington - Wikipedia

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    John Herrington. John Bennett Herrington (born September 14, 1958, in Chickasaw Nation) is a retired United States Naval Aviator, engineer and former NASA astronaut. In 2002, Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. [note 1]

  3. Mae Jemison - Wikipedia

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    Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 ...

  4. Heinlein juveniles - Wikipedia

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    Heinlein juveniles. The Heinlein juveniles are the science-fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein for Scribner's young-adult line. Each features "a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities." [1] Together, they tell a loosely connected story of space exploration.

  5. Reach: A Space Podcast for Kids - Wikipedia

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    Reach: A Space Podcast for Kids is produced by Soundsington Media. Background. The podcast is created by Sandy Marshall and Nate DuFort as an outreach project of Solar System Ambassadors. The show is produced by Soundsington Media. The show features interviews with astronauts and engineers, and includes activities for the listeners.

  6. Look and Read - Wikipedia

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    BBC One, BBC Two. Release. 9 January 1967. ( 1967-01-09) –. 29 March 2004. ( 2004-03-29) Look and Read is a BBC Television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills. [1] The programme presents fictional stories in a serial format, the first of which was broadcast in 1967 and the most recent in 2004, making ...

  7. Katherine Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...

  8. Sally Ride - Wikipedia

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    Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...

  9. Katya Echazarreta - Wikipedia

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    Katya Echazarreta. Katya Celeste Echazarreta González [1] (born June 15, 1995) is a Mexican electrical engineer, science communicator, and Citizen Astronaut. She became the first Mexican-born woman in space as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program, launched June 4, 2022. [2]

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