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2. Yuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.

3. Outer space - Wikipedia

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   Outer space. A view of the boundary between outer space and Earth, roughly where the yellow-green line of airglow is visible, as viewed from the International Space Station (ISS). Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse beyond celestial bodies and their atmospheres. It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities, constituting a near ...

4. Emily Calandrelli - Wikipedia

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   United States. Alma mater. West Virginia University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Known for. Host of Xploration Station and Emily's Wonder Lab. Emily Dawn Calandrelli is an American science communicator, former MIT engineer, and the host and an executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab. [4]

5. 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 ...

6. Outline of space science - Wikipedia

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   The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to space science: Space science – field that encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomena and physical bodies occurring in outer space, such as space medicine and astrobiology. [1] [2]

7. National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

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   The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-three consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states , the District of Columbia , Puerto Rico , or Guam , [2] and each consists of multiple independent space-grant ...