Space Exploration [Astrobiologists, Planetary/Rocket Scientists, Astronauts, etc.]

Asteroid #'s



Astrobiologists
o2410 Morrison [ David Morrison ]
o9826 Ehrenfreund [ Pascale Ehrenfreund ]
o12859 Marlamoore [ Marla Moore ]

Planetary Scientists
o2710 Veverka [ Joseph Veverka ]
o7231 Porco [ Carolyn Porco ]
o8356 Wadhwa [ Meenakshi Wadhwa, meteorite analyst ]

Rocket scientists
o1590 Tsiolkovskaja [ Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ]
o1855 Korolev [ Sergei Korolev ]
o25143 Itokawa [ Hideo Itokawa ]

USSR/Russian cosmonauts
o1772 Gagarin [ Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space ]
o1789 Dobrovolsky [ Georgi Dobrovolski ]
o1790 Volkov [ Vladislav Volkov ]
o1791 Patsayev [ Viktor Patsayev ]
o1836 Komarov [ Vladimir Komarov ]

Apollo 11 astronauts:
o6469 Armstrong [ Neil Armstrong ]
o6470 Aldrin [ "Buzz" Aldrin ]
o6471 Collins [ Michael Collins ]
STS-51-L crew members:
o3350 Scobee [ Francis "Dick" Scobee ]
o3351 Smith [ Michael J. Smith ]
o3352 McAuliffe [ Christa McAuliffe ]
o3353 Jarvis [ Gregory Jarvis ]
o3354 McNair [ Ronald McNair ]
o3355 Onizuka [ Ellison Onizuka ]
o3356 Resnik [ Judith Resnik ]
STS-107 crew members:
o51823 Rickhusband [ Rick D. Husband ]
o51824 Mikeanderson [ Michael P. Anderson ]
o51825 Davidbrown [ David M. Brown ]
o51826 Kalpanachawla [ Kalpana Chawla ]
o51827 Laurelclark [ Laurel B. Clark ]
o51828 Ilanramon [ see below ]
o51829 Williemccool [ William C. McCool ]

Chinese taikonauts:
o9512 Feijunlong [ Fei Junlong ]
o9517 Niehaisheng [ Nie Haisheng ]
o21064 Yangliwei [ Yang Liwei ]
Other countries' astronauts
o2552 Remek [ VladimÃr Remek, Czechoslovak cosmonaut ]
o22901 Ivanbella [ Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut ]
o51828 Ilanramon [ Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut and an STS-107 crew member ]