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James Alton McDivitt (Brig Gen, USAF Ret.) (born June 10, 1929) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight in which Edward H. White performed the first US space walk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned Earth o...

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Assistant Professor Merav Opher Merav Opher studies magnetic field processes in space physics and astrophysics, particularly how magnetic field affect the interstellar medium, disks around young stars, solar, stellar winds, jets and the early universe. She does this by using sophisticated n...

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Pakistan's first astronaut: A star is launched Namira Salim's star is about to launch as she is set to become Pakistan's first astronaut. Her maiden voyage will be in 2012. Talking to The Express Tribune, Salim said this was a dream come true for her. All her hard work and training will soon pay off. Al...

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Aud the Deep-Minded (Norwegian: Aud den djuptenkte, also known as Unn or Aud Ketilsdatter) (834-900 AD) was an earlier settler in Iceland. Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a Norwegian hersir, and Yngvid Ketilsdóttir, daughter of Ketill Wether, a hersir from Ringarike. [url=http:...

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Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte (June 7, 1879-August 20, 1963) was a Dutch astronomer. In 1913 he gained a post at the Cape Observatory in South Africa, where he worked on double stars and parallax measurements. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. His preliminary account of the para...

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Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 - 6 July 1476), today best known by his Latin toponym Regiomontanus, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, translator and instrument maker. His work on arithmetic and algebra, Algorithmus Demonstratus, was among the first containing s...

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Govaert Wendelen (6 June 1580 - 24 October 1667) was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus. His name is sometimes given as Godefroy Wendelin; his first name spelt Godefroid or Gottfried. Around 1630 he measured the distance between the Earth...

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John Couch Adams (5 June 1819 - 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall and died in Cambridge. The Cornish name Couch is pronounced "cooch". His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position...

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Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was a German astronomer born at Pest in Hungary. Asteroid 999 Zachia and the crater Zach on the Moon are named after him, while asteroid 64 Angelina is named after an astronomical station he set up near Marseil...

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David Gregory (originally spelt Gregorie) FRS (3 June 1659 - 10 October 1708) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. The fourth of the fifteen children of David Gregorie, a doctor from Kinnairdy, Banffshire, and Jean Walker of Orchiston, David was born in Upper Kirkgate, Aberdeen. The neph...

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Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 - 3 April 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica. He located the position of the North Magnetic Pole on 1 June 1831 on the Boothia Peninsu...

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Geminiano Montanari (June 1, 1633 - October 13, 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He is best known for his observation, made around 1667, that the second brightest star (called Algol in Arabic) in the constellation of Perseus vari...

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Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 - 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine (some years earlier than Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain) and is hailed by some as the father of j...

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Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 - April 10, 1997) was a German American astronomer. He was the son of famed astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild and the nephew of the Swiss astrophysicist Robert Emden. His work led to greater understanding in the fields of stellar structure and stellar evolution...

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The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. His interest in astronomy had begun while at Westminster School, shortly after the eclipse of 25 July 1748. In 1758 Maskelyne was admitted to the Royal So...

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	James Alton McDivitt (Preview) James Alton McDivitt (Brig Gen, USAF Ret.) (born June 10, 1929) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight in which Edward H. White performed the first US space walk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned Earth o...	Blobrana	0	Jun 9 23:02 2011 by Blobrana
	Merav Opher (Preview) Assistant Professor Merav Opher Merav Opher studies magnetic field processes in space physics and astrophysics, particularly how magnetic field affect the interstellar medium, disks around young stars, solar, stellar winds, jets and the early universe. She does this by using sophisticated n...	Blobrana	0	Jun 8 22:09 2011 by Blobrana
	Namira Salim (Preview) Pakistan's first astronaut: A star is launched Namira Salim's star is about to launch as she is set to become Pakistan's first astronaut. Her maiden voyage will be in 2012. Talking to The Express Tribune, Salim said this was a dream come true for her. All her hard work and training will soon pay off. Al...	Blobrana	0	Jun 7 21:44 2011 by Blobrana
	Unn the Deep-Minded (834-900 AD) (Preview) Aud the Deep-Minded (Norwegian: Aud den djuptenkte, also known as Unn or Aud Ketilsdatter) (834-900 AD) was an earlier settler in Iceland. Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a Norwegian hersir, and Yngvid Ketilsdóttir, daughter of Ketill Wether, a hersir from Ringarike. [url=http:...	Blobrana	1	Jun 7 14:02 2011 by Blobrana
	Joan Voûte (1879-1963) (Preview) Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte (June 7, 1879-August 20, 1963) was a Dutch astronomer. In 1913 he gained a post at the Cape Observatory in South Africa, where he worked on double stars and parallax measurements. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. His preliminary account of the para...	Blobrana	0	Jun 6 23:06 2011 by Blobrana
	Johannes Müller von Königsberg (1436 - 1476) (Preview) Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 - 6 July 1476), today best known by his Latin toponym Regiomontanus, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, translator and instrument maker. His work on arithmetic and algebra, Algorithmus Demonstratus, was among the first containing s...	Blobrana	0	Jun 6 00:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Govaert Wendelen (1580 - 1667) (Preview) Govaert Wendelen (6 June 1580 - 24 October 1667) was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus. His name is sometimes given as Godefroy Wendelin; his first name spelt Godefroid or Gottfried. Around 1630 he measured the distance between the Earth...	Blobrana	0	Jun 5 22:41 2011 by Blobrana
	John Couch Adams (1819 - 1892) (Preview) John Couch Adams (5 June 1819 - 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall and died in Cambridge. The Cornish name Couch is pronounced "cooch". His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position...	Blobrana	0	Jun 4 23:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (1754 - 1832) (Preview) Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was a German astronomer born at Pest in Hungary. Asteroid 999 Zachia and the crater Zach on the Moon are named after him, while asteroid 64 Angelina is named after an astronomical station he set up near Marseil...	Blobrana	0	Jun 3 22:45 2011 by Blobrana
	David Gregory FRS (1659 - 1708) (Preview) David Gregory (originally spelt Gregorie) FRS (3 June 1659 - 10 October 1708) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. The fourth of the fifteen children of David Gregorie, a doctor from Kinnairdy, Banffshire, and Jean Walker of Orchiston, David was born in Upper Kirkgate, Aberdeen. The neph...	Blobrana	0	Jun 2 22:54 2011 by Blobrana
	Sir James Clark Ross (1800 - 1862) (Preview) Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 - 3 April 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica. He located the position of the North Magnetic Pole on 1 June 1831 on the Boothia Peninsu...	Blobrana	0	Jun 1 15:24 2011 by Blobrana
	Geminiano Montanari (1633 - 1687) (Preview) Geminiano Montanari (June 1, 1633 - October 13, 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He is best known for his observation, made around 1667, that the second brightest star (called Algol in Arabic) in the constellation of Perseus vari...	Blobrana	0	May 31 23:03 2011 by Blobrana
	Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996) (Preview) Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 - 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine (some years earlier than Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain) and is hailed by some as the father of j...	Blobrana	0	May 31 22:35 2011 by Blobrana
	Martin Schwarzschild (1912 - 1997) (Preview) Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 - April 10, 1997) was a German American astronomer. He was the son of famed astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild and the nephew of the Swiss astrophysicist Robert Emden. His work led to greater understanding in the fields of stellar structure and stellar evolution...	Blobrana	0	May 31 21:08 2011 by Blobrana
	Dr Nevil Maskelyne (1732 - 1811) (Preview) The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. His interest in astronomy had begun while at Westminster School, shortly after the eclipse of 25 July 1748. In 1758 Maskelyne was admitted to the Royal So...	Blobrana	0	May 30 10:35 2011 by Blobrana
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