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Born May 10, 1958 (age 66) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024)

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Ellen Ochoa and Donald R. McMonagle in space.
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Charles Bolden.
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Joseph Kerwin on Skylab 2
Joseph Kerwin
American astronaut and physician
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Christer Fuglesang
Swedish physicist and astronaut
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Rodolfo Neri Vela
Mexican scientist and engineer
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Mark Kelly
American astronaut and United States senator
Eileen Collins
Eileen Collins
United States pilot and astronaut
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Barbara Morgan
American teacher and astronaut
Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstituting a prepackaged container of food at the crew quarters' ward-room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the space station, 1973.
Owen Garriott
American astronaut
Sally Ride
Sally Ride
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Franklin Chang-Díaz, 1997.
Franklin Chang-Díaz
Costa Rican-born American physicist and astronaut
Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer
Āl Saʿūd, Salmān
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Saudi royal and astronaut
Pedro Duque
Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut
STS-78; Thirsk, Robert
Robert Thirsk
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Dirk Frimout
Belgian astrophysicist and astronaut
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