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Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Pete Conrad

The maverick astronaut who became known to many as the Comeback Kid

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: Werner Heisenberg

He won the Nobel Prize for his revelations in the field of physics

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: William Borucki

He persisted with the idea that we could detect extrasolar planets and was proved right

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Margaret Rhea Seddon

She became the first female surgeon to go into space

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: Tycho Brahe

Read on to learn more about the peculiar life of the last great naked eye astronomer

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: James Irwin

The deeply religious astronaut who found inspiration during his time on the Moon

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Scott Carpenter

Carpenter was a true leader in NASA’s campaign to reach space with his efforts in Project Mercury

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: Eugene Parker

His work in the field of solar physics changed our understanding of the Sun

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Sally Ride

Why the first American woman in space will be remembered forever.

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Yuri Gagarin

We’ve been a space-faring species for over half a century thanks to Yuri Gagarin, our first cosmic explorer

Heroes of Space: Isaac Newton

The life and work of one of the world’s greatest scientific minds

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Hugh L. Dryden

The unsung hero who built NASA into the world’s greatest space agency.

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Vladimir Komarov

Did this Soviet cosmonaut crash back to Earth screaming in rage at his superiors?

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: Henrietta Swan Leavitt

On this day in 1868 an unsung astronomer, who helped to discover our place in the universe, was born

Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Elon Musk

How this entrepreneur is almost single-handedly ushering in a new era of private space exploration through his company SpaceX.

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