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Gordon Cooper

Astronomy; General astronomy

Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004), also known as Gordon Cooper, was an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut. Cooper was one of the seven original ...

Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas) is an engineer, retired United States Navy Captain and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including ...

Timothy Creamer

Astronomy; General astronomy

Timothy "TJ" Creamer (born November 15, 1959) is a NASA astronaut and a Colonel in the United States Army. Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to be ...

Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronomy; General astronomy

Samantha Cristoforetti (born April 26, 1977 in Milan, Italy) is an engineer, the third woman astronaut in the European Space Agency, and the first Italian woman astronaut.

John O. Creighton

Astronomy; General astronomy

John Oliver Creighton (born April 28, 1943 in Orange, Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut who flew three space shuttle missions.

Richard O. Covey

Astronomy; General astronomy

Richard Oswalt Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

Stephen Bowen

Astronomy; General astronomy

Stephen Gerard Bowen (born February 13, 1964) is a US Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space. Bowen has been on three spaceflights, all of which were ...