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Also Known As David Stewart McKay
Born September 25, 1936 • Titusville • Pennsylvania
Died February 20, 2013 (aged 76) • Houston • Texas
Subjects Of Study meteorite • ALH84001
Michael Griffin
American aerospace engineer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Wilson
American astronaut
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman
American astronomer
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
American mathematician
Valerie Thomas
Valerie Thomas
American scientist and inventor
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
United States senator
Jessica Meir on a space walk
Jessica Meir
American astronaut
Joseph Acaba
Joseph Acaba
American astronaut
Nicole Aunapu Mann
Nicole Aunapu Mann
American astronaut
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
American astronaut
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson
American mathematician and engineer
Charles Bolden.
Charles Bolden
American astronaut
George Low
George Low
Austrian-born American aerospace engineer
Joseph Kerwin on Skylab 2
Joseph Kerwin
American astronaut and physician
Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan
American mathematician
U.S. astronauts Jerry Ross (left) and James H. Newman on the final of three space walks of the STS-88 mission, December 15, 1998.
Jerry Ross
American astronaut
Daniel Saul Goldin.
Daniel Goldin
American engineer
John Frassanito
American industrial designer