Robert R. Gilruth
The first Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center. Robert Gilruth was born in Nashwauk, Minnesota on October 8, 1913. His father and mother were both […]
Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau was born in Quebec, Canada, on February 23, 1949, the son of Brigadier General Andre Garneau. Marc attended primary and secondary schools in Quebec and in Saint-Jean sur […]
Hermann Ganswindt
Envisioned the first rocket-powered manned space ship and proposed time as a fourth dimension. Hermann Ganswindt was born in Voigtshof, East Prussia (now part of Poland) on June 12, 1856. […]
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei pioneered the experimental scientific method and was the first to use a refracting telescope to make important astronomical discoveries. He is often referred to as the “father of […]
Yuri A. Gagarin
The first man in space; first man to orbit the Earth. Yuri Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934, in Klushino, a village 100 miles west of Moscow. During the […]
Andrew (Drew) Gaffney
Francis Andrew “Drew” Gaffney was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico on June 9, 1946. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1964 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from […]
Charles G. Fullerton
Piloted the third space shuttle mission. Charles G. Fullerton was born on October 11, 1936, in Rochester, New York. He graduated from U.S. Grant High School in Portland, Oregon and […]
Allen E. Fuhs
Born in Gallup, New Mexico in 1927, Allen E. Fuhs graduated from Gallup High School in 1946. In 1951 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from […]
James C. Fletcher
Dr. James Chipman Fletcher was the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) who in 1972 began the development of the Space Shuttle as the follow-on human space […]
Maxime A. Faget
Maxime A. Faget was the Director of Engineering and Development at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Johnson Space Center), for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in Houston, […]