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Frank Borman

Astronomy; General astronomy

Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along ...

Andrei Borisenko

Astronomy; General astronomy

Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko (born April 17, 1964 in Leningrad, Russia) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected to be a cosmonaut in May 2003, and since 2008 he has been training as a back-up crew ...

Roberta Bondar

Astronomy; General astronomy

Roberta Bondar, OC, O.Ont, FRCP(C), FRSC (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, ...

Charles F. Bolden Jr

Astronomy; General astronomy

Charles Frank "Charlie" Bolden, Jr. (born August 19, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States) is the current Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps major general, and ...

Eric Boe

Astronomy; General astronomy

Colonel Eric A. Boe, USAF (born October 1, 1964), in Miami, Florida) is an Air Force fighter pilot, test pilot and a NASA astronaut. He flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and ...

Karol J. Bobko

Astronomy; General astronomy

Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937) is an engineer, retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut.

Guion Bluford

Astronomy; General astronomy

Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, retired Colonel from the United States Air Force and a former NASA Astronaut. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights ...

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