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About Ronald McNair, PhD
Tells about African American astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion.
Adm. Alan Shepard, Jr.
A biography and 1991 interview with the first American to go into space.
Astronauts
Brief biographies of two Canadian astronauts, Roberta Bondar and Ken Money.
Christa McAuliffe
Biography of the teacher astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion.
Comrade Kosmonaut
All about the Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic female astronaut.
Dr. Mae Jemison
About the first African American woman astronaut.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair
Biography of the astronaut from the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Ronald McNair
A brief biography of one of the Challenger astronauts.
Dr. Sally Ride
Biography of the first American woman to orbit the earth.
Eileen Collins
Short biography of the astronaut.
Eileen Marie Collins
Official NASA biography of the first woman to command the Space Shuttle.
Ellen Ochoa
NASA's biography of this three-time mission payload specialist.
Ellen Ochoa
Biography of the Hispanic engineer and astronaut.
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr.
From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Guion Bluford
Biography of the first African American to go into space.
Jim Lovell, an Astronaut's Story
Extensive biography of one of the Apollo 13 astronauts.
John Hershel Glenn, Jr.
Student's report about John Glenn, first American to orbit in space.
Julie Payette
Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to participate in the assembly of the International Space Station.
Lt. Col. Eileen M. Collins
Text, video and audio interviews with the first woman shuttle commander.
MacLean, Steve
Information on his experience, special honors. Also includes personal information.
Mae Jemison
The first African American woman to enter space.
Roberta Bondar Questions and Answers
The first Canadian woman to become an astronaut and fly in space answers some of the questions children have asked her.
Roberta Lynn Bondar
Canadian astronaut biography from NASA.
Sally Kristen Ride
First American woman in space.
Story Musgrave, M.D.
An American astronaut who has flown six missions into space.
Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna
Encarta encyclopedia article about the famous Russian cosmonaut.
The Apollo Astronauts
Contains pictures of all the Apollo astronauts, the men who went to the moon. Features information on mission launch dates.
Tryggvason, Bjarni
Information on his special honors, personal information and organizations.
Valentina Tereshkova
The Russian cosmonaut was the first woman to travel in space.
Williams, Dave
Includes information on his education, affiliations and experience.
Yuri Gagarin
Article about the Russian astronaut, the first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin
Very brief biography of the Russian cosmonaut.