Kennedy Space Center in the Space Age

The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 1963 to 2007. The most recorded lives are Kalpana Chawla, Neil Armstrong and John F. Kennedy.

Notable people

  1. John F. Kennedy

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  2. Kalpana Chawla

    from 1997 to 2003

    3 moments here

    Indian-born American aerospace engineer, pilot, and NASA astronaut. Chawla studied in Karnal, Chandigarh, Arlington, and Boulder; worked at NASA Ames…

  3. Margaret Thatcher

    in 2001

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  4. Neil Armstrong

    from 1966 to 1969

    2 moments here

    American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…

  5. Stephen Hawking

    in 2007

    1 moment here

    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

  6. Suharto

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    Indonesian army officer and politician who served as acting president from 1967 and president of Indonesia from 1968 until his resignation in 1998.…

Moments

  1. 1963 Inspected Cape Canaveral John F. Kennedy
  2. 1966 Gemini 8 launch Neil Armstrong
  3. 1969 Apollo 11 launch Neil Armstrong
  4. 1982 State visit to the United States Suharto
  5. 1997 STS-87 prelaunch arrival Kalpana Chawla
  6. 1997 Completion of STS-87 Kalpana Chawla
  7. 2001 Tour of Kennedy Space Center Margaret Thatcher
  8. 2003 STS-107 launch Kalpana Chawla
  9. 2007 Zero-gravity flight off Florida Stephen Hawking

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