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Michael J. Bloomfield

Astronomy; General astronomy

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born 16 March 1959) is a former American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions.

John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is an engineer, retired United States Air Force Colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and a ...

Georgy Beregovoy

Astronomy; General astronomy

Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (April 15, 1921 - June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was ...

Pavel Belyayev

Astronomy; General astronomy

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (June 26, 1925 – January 10, 1970), was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut ...

Ivan Bella

Astronomy; General astronomy

Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint ...

Robert L. Behnken

Astronomy; General astronomy

Robert Louis "Bob" Behnken (born July 28, 1970 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is an engineer, U. S. Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Behnken holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and has reached ...

Alan Bean

Astronomy; General astronomy

Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut, engineer, and painter. Bean was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3. He made his first ...