Astronomers, Astrophysicists, Astronauts, “G...-”
for the social studies and science classrooms, theme decor.

Yuri Gagarin
Galileo Galilei
Owen Kay Garriott

Geber
John Glenn

Yuri Gagarin, Photographic Print

Yuri Gagarin
b. 3-9-1934; Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
d. 3-27-1968; crash of MiG 15 training jet

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was first human in space flight, 4-12-1961, Vostok 1.

• “I see Earth! It is so beautiful.” ~ Yuri Gagarin

Galileo Galilei
b. 2-15-1564; Pisa, Italy
d. 1-8-1642; Italy

“The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics...the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word.” -Galileo Galilei - Quoted in M. Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times

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Owen Kay Garriott, Ph.D
b. 11-22-1930; Enid, OK

Scientist-Astronaut Owen Garriott spent 59 days aboard Skylab 3 in 1973 with Jack Lousma and Alan Bean, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983 with John Young, Brewster Shaw, Robert Parker, Ulf Merbold, and Byron Lichtenberg.

Garriott's son, Richard, was a space tourist in 2008, making the Garriott's the second set of father-son astronauts. The cosmonauts Aleksandr (1991) and Sergey (2008) Volkov were first.

Geber
b. c. 721; Iran
d. c. 815

Geber was the Latinized name of Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, an Islamic alchemist and philosopher and astronomer.

While best known for his “scientific” approach to alchemy, Gerber made important contributions to astronomy / astrology which were not separate disciplines.

John Glenn, Astronaut

John Glenn
b. 7-18-1921; Cambridge, OH

John Glenn was the first American in orbital flight on 2-20-1962, Mercury 6 aboard Friendship 7.

In a second space flight on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95 in 1998, at age 77, Glenn became the oldest person in space. Between 1974 and 1999 Glenn also served as US Senator from his home state of Ohio.

Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
b. 10-5-1929; Seattle, Washington

Dick Gordon, one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, was the command-module pilot on Apollo 9 (Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Moon) in November 1969.

Gordon logged 315 hours, 53 minutes in space of which 2 hours and 41 minutes were spent in EVA on Gemini 11 in September, 1966.

Virgil “Gus” Grissom
b. 4-3-1926; Mitchell, Indiana
d. 1-27-1967; Cape Kennedy, FL

Gus Grissom, a US Air Force pilot, was one of the original Mercury astronauts. He was the second American in space and the first person to fly in space twice.

Grissom, with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission.