John Johnson
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Astrophysicist & Professor of Astronomy
Year born: 1977
Research Areas: Exoplanets
Careers
Credit: NASA
Beth A. Brown
Credit: Jay S. Friedlander
Occupation: Astrophysicist
Year born: 1969
Research Areas: Black Holes, Elliptical Galaxies, X-ray Emission, Data Archives
Beatrice Tinsley
Credit: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives,
John Irwin Slide Collection
Low res image used with permission
Occupation: Professor of Astronomy
Dorothy Vaughan
Credit: Unknown author
Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer
Year born: 1910
Research Areas: Computer Programming
Valeri Polyakov
Credit: http://encyclopedia.mil.ru
Occupation: Cosmonaut
Year born: 1942
Research Areas: Medicine, Spaceflight
"We can fly to Mars."
Samantha Cristoforetti
Credit: ESA/NASA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Occupation: Astronaut, Pilot and Engineer
Year born: 1977
Research Areas: Mechanical Engineering, Aviation, Aeronautics
Hazza Al Mansouri
Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger
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Occupation: Astronaut
Year born: 1983
Research Areas: Aviation
Mae Jemison
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Astronaut
Year born: 1956
Research Areas: Chemical Engineering, Medicine
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Credit: IAU
Occupation: Astronomer & Former President of the International Astronomical Union
Year born: 1940
Research Areas: Nebulae & Star Birth
Kevin Govender
Credit: IAU/Kevin Govender
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Occupation: Director of Office of Astronomy for Development
Year born: c. 1981
Research Areas: Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Sustainable Development