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Glenn, John 
Lovell, James 
Shepard, Alan 
Young, John W. 

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The behind-the-scenes story of the astronauts, their mission and their families in a 90-minute documentary that premiered on PBS on July 16, 1997.
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PBS About This Site Retired Site  Astronauts site has been retired from pbs.org. To find related content, try a keyword search, visit a related topic area using the pulldown menu at the top of this page, or browse our Programs A-Z menu. Copyright Agent Feedback Plugins...
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/astronauts/

Biography and photos detail the childhood, pilot training, space explorations, and honors of the Apollo 11 commander on Moon landing mission.
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Neil Armstrong Astronaut, Explorer, and Space Pioneer Neil Armstrong  Eagle lunar landing module, guided manually by Armstrong, touched down on a plain near the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillitatis At 10:56 PM EDT, July 20, 1969, Armstrong stepped from the Eagle onto the Moon's dusty...
http://www.geocities.com/armstrong_tribute/

Offers a personal collection of astronaut related documents.
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 I have created this site as a resource for Astronaut-related information. Feel free to browse through the contents, and absorb what  you can. The 21st century promises to be an exciting challenge for future Astronauts to live and work in...
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6098/

Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the exploration of space. It contains photos and biographies of 25 astronauts and cosmonauts.
http://members.aol.com/astromem

Biographies of all NASA astronauts on active duty since 1995.
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Astronaut Biographies: Home Page  Welcome to the astronaut biographies home page, providing biographical information on the members of the space flight crews and candidates for future missions in NASA's space flight program. The links above will direct you to biographical information on the astronauts....
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

Astronaut and author Jay Apt's personal site, with images from his best-selling book, Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth.
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Jay Apt's Orbit Experience Exciting programs for your audience!  Schedule this exciting speaker to make your next event a huge success Corporate Meetings Professional Associations Continuing Education Programs Environmental Awareness Science Education Community Organizations Colleges and Universities Fund Raisers Learn more here: the programs that Jay Apt can customize...
http://OrbitExperience.com

Official NASA biographies of current astronauts, former astronauts, astronaut candidates, and payload specialists.
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Astronaut Biographies: Home Page  Welcome to the astronaut biographies home page, providing biographical information on the members of the space flight crews and candidates for future missions in NASA's space flight program. The links above will direct you to biographical information on the astronauts....
http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

Portraits of the men of the moon landing program.
http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~prillih3/astronauts/mainpage.html

Official site for information on Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Gemini XI Pilot and Apollo XII Comand Module Pilot. Photos, videos, history and autographs.
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The Official Dick Gordon Web Site www.DickGordon.com  ...
http://www.DickGordon.com

Apollo 14 astronaut and moonwalker presents information about himself and his work. Includes forum where he contributes with answers to questions.
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Ed Mitchell  Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. The Apollo 14 mission was NASA's third manned lunar landing. This historic journey ended safely nine days later on February...
http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com

Features overview on how to become an astronaut, biographies, living and working in space.
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More about NASA Astronauts  Instructional material from Spacelink) Living and Working in Space Living in Space Food for Space Flight Sleeping in Space Exercising Astronauts Space Flight Questions and Answers NASA Human Spaceflight Program Resources NASA Human Spaceflight History of Manned Spaceflight U.S. Human...
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/more.html

Get your questions answered by the astronauts; includes biographies and games.
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Discover Space Ask An Astronaut  When we are ready to return to Earth from space, we turn our spacecraft around so that it is flying backwards. In the Space Shuttle, we then light our two orbital maneuvering system engines to slow us down to about...
http://www.discoverspace.org/askastronaut_current.cfm

Dedicated to the remembrance of and in memoriam to the three brave astronauts of Apollo One. They were killed on January 27, 1967 will preparing for the first Apollo manned flight. Gus Grissom, Edward White II, Roger Chaffee, gave their lives for the race to the Moon.
http://www.apollo1.org/

Biography of NASA astronaut Susan Helms.
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Astronaut Bio: Susan J. Helms 7/02  She enjoys piano and other musical activities, jogging, traveling, reading, computers, and cooking. Her parents, Lt. Col Ret USAF) Pat and Dori Helms, reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. EDUCATION: Graduated from Parkrose Senior High School, Portland, Oregon, in 1976; received...
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/helms.html