The document discusses several famous astronomers and astronauts including: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who were the first people to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. James Lovell, who flew on two Gemini missions and two Apollo missions to orbit the moon. It also briefly mentions astronomers Nicholas Copernicus, who developed the Copernican theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the sun, Halton Arp, and Kathryn Thornton, the first woman to graduate from the US Naval Academy.

1. Famous Astronomers and Astronauts By: David Heinen

2. John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge Ohio . Attended Muskingum College.

3. John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Was the first American to orbit the Earth The NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland , Ohio is named after him.

4. Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5,1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He got a degree in aeronauti cal engineering from Purdue University.

5. Neil Armstrong On July 20, 1969 Mr. Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the moon. He and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface for 2 hours and 30 minutes.

6. Buzz Aldrin Was born July 18th 1921 Once hated homework but he loved football but his dad intervened and he gave up football. In the early 1960’s was when he started his job with NASA as they selected him to be one of the early astronauts

7. Buzz Aldrin One of the first people on the moon.

8. James Lovell James Arthur Lovell, Jr. was born on March 25, 1928. Is a NASA astronaut who flew on two Gemini missions (Gemini 7 and Gemini 12) orbiting the Earth and also two Apollo trips on which he circled the moon.

9. Halton Christian Arp An American Astronomer. Arp was born in New York and educated at Harvard and the California Institute of Technology Arp has attempted to relate the listings of galaxies to radio sources

10. Nicholas Copernicus Nicholas Copernicus (1473 -1543) was a Polish astronomer, well known for his Copernican theory. His theory stated that sun rest near the center of the universe, and the earth, which spun daily on its axis, revolved annually around the sun.

11. Kathryn Thornton Kathryn Thornton was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She received a bachelor's in physics from Auburn University in 1974. Completing her training in 1985, Thornton has spent over 593 hours in space, including 21 hours of spacewalks.

12. Eugene Cernan Captain Eugene Cernan was one of the fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. He occupied the pilot seat alongside of command pilot Tom Stafford on the Gemini XI mission