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Peake, Tim

Tim Peake

British astronaut and military officer

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa

American astronaut and administrator

Jähn, Sigmund

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

Glushko, Valentin Petrovich

Valentin Petrovich Glushko

Soviet scientist

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

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