Astronauts

= = =Yuri Gagarin= =John Glenn= =Christa McAuliffe= =Neil Armstrong= =Buzz Aldrin= =Sally Ride= =Alan Shepard=
 * The People **

Questions: 1. What made this person famous? 2. When did they live? Where do they live? 3. What was there job? Describe their job position. 4. Background about the person’s life/childhood/college/schooling 5. Awards/Honors given to the person 6. What year did the person go into space? What was the mission they were on (describe it)? 7. What was the name of the vehicle they went to space in? Describe it.

**9. Any interesting facts you want to add.**
**Websites:**

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/space.shtml
1. [] 2. [|www.nasa.gov]

3. **Sally Ride:**

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4. **Christa McAuliffe** https://www.biography.com/people/christa-mcauliffe-9390406 https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-miscellaneous-biographies/christa-mcauliffe https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-mcauliffe-first-teacher-in-space-continues-to-inspire/ https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html

5. **Yuri Gagarin** **http://www.biography.com/articles/yuri-gagarin-9304838** https://www.space.com/16159-first-man-in-space.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html http://m.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/Yuri_Gagarin

6. **Alan Shepard** http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/who-was-alan-shepard-k4.html#.VV3V2zJdWSo http://space.about.com/od/formerastronauts/a/shepardbio.htm http://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/shepard.htm https://www.biography.com/people/alan-shepard-37917 http://www.achievement.org/achiever/admiral-alan-shepard-jr/

7. **Buzz Aldrin** []

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/aldrin-b.html
https://www.history.com/topics/buzz-aldrin https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html

8. **John Glenn**

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https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-is-john-glenn-k4.html

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html
https://www.biography.com/people/john-glenn-9313269 https://www.space.com/17263-john-glenn-astronaut-biography.html

9. **Neil Armstrong**

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html []

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html http://www.biography.com/people/neil-armstrong-9188943