- female
- Laika (from Russian: Лайка, a breed of dog, literally: "Barker") was a Russian space dog that became the first living creature from Earth to enter...
- female, 61 years old
- Joan D. Vinge (born 2 April 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award-winning novel "The...
- male, deceased (1826)
- Johann Elert Bode (January 19, 1747 - November 23, 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularization of the Titius-Bode...
- male
- Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus was a Greek geometer and astronomer, of the Alexandrian school, noted for his writings on conic sections. His...
- male, deceased (1890)
- James Croll (2 January 1821 - 15 December 1890) was a 19th century Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate change based on changes in...
- male, deceased (1875)
- Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789-April 11, 1875) a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots. Schwabe was born at Dessau. At...
- male, deceased (1945)
- Walter Hohmann (March 18 1880 - March 11 1945) was a German engineer who made an important contribution to the understanding of orbital dynamics....
- male, 80 years old
- Yuri N. Artsutanov (1929-) is an Russian engineer born in Leningrad. He is known for being one of the pioneers of the idea of space elevator (type...
- male, deceased (1843)
- Alexis Bouvard (June 27, 1767 - June 7, 1843) was a French astronomer, born in Contamines, France. Bouvard's achievements included the discovery of...
- male, deceased (1883)
- Édouard Albert Roche was a French scientist, who is best known for his work in the field of celestial mechanics. He gave his name to the concepts o...
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