Learn About Alan Shepard – America’s First Man In Space!
One Of The Mercury Seven Alan Shepard was one of the original group of NASA astronauts known as the ‘Mercury Seven’. In May 1961, Alan would pilot the American Mercury-Redstone…
Taikonauts The Chinese Space Travellers
The Chinese Reach New Heights Taikonaut is the name in Chinese given to ‘space travellers’ otherwise known as ‘astronauts’ in English and is even derived from “space” (tàikōng) in Mandarin…
Facts About Scott Kelly And His Year In Space
Twins In Space! Scott Kelly is a retired US Navy Captain and NASA astronaut who is the veteran of 4 spaceflights, 520 days in space, former Commander of the International…
Facts About NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
A Life Of Space! Buzz Aldrin is most famously remembered for being the second human to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, shortly after Neil…
Neil Armstrong | The First Man On The Moon
Apollo 11 Commander! Neil Armstrong will forever be remembered for being the first human to walk on the surface of the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission, and uttering the…
Yuri Gagarin – The First Man In Space
The First To Space And To Orbit Earth Yuri Gagarin was born on the 9th of March 1934 near Gzhatsk in the former Soviet Union. Yuri became the first human…
Space Travellers – Interesting Fun Facts & Records!
Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Taikonauts! Professional space travellers are called different names in different places, such as Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Taikonauts, but they are all trained to either command, pilot or…
Learn About John Young’s Prodigious Astronaut Career
Record-Breaking Astronaut! John Young lives and breathes spaceflight enjoying the longest NASA career as an astronaut and becoming the first person to make six spaceflights as pilot or commander of…
Astronaut John Glenn – First American To Orbit Earth
True American Hero Before John Glenn was a NASA astronaut he had a distinguished career as fighter and test pilot for the US Navy. In 1959 he was selected to…
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova – First Women In Space!
New Heights For Women Valentina Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who became the first women in space on June 16th 1963 when she piloted the Vostok 6 spacecraft. Valentina…