The Neonauts - (A-J) (K-Z)
Vice President of Government Affairs at Virgin Galactic .
Sirisha Bandla
Born: 22 January 1988, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Real estate investor
Ken Baxter
Born: 15 May 1949, Cortland, New York, United States
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British advertising executive
Trevor Beattie
Born: 24 December 1959, Birmingham, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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Astronaut instructor for Virgin Galactic
Colin Bennett
Born: 1985, United States
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VSS Unity 22
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Venture capitalist.
Lane Bess
Born: 18 September 1961, Neptune City, New Jersey, United States
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Founder of Blue Origin. Birth surname was Jorgenson. Later adopted by Miguel Bezos.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Born: 12 January 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Biopharmaceutical researcher
Lina Yur'evna Borozdina-Birch
Born: 1969, Odesa, Ukraine
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Dr. Chris Boshuizen is an Australian scientist, entrepreneur, investor, and musician
Christopher Boshuizen
Born: June 1977, Australia
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NASA aerospace engineer
Aisha Bowe
Born: 4 November 1986, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Founder of Virgin Galactic.
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Born: 18 July 1950, London, United Kingdom
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MIT engineer, Emmy-nominated TV host
Emily Calandrelli
Born: 18 May 1987, West Virginia, United States
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New Shepard 28
Spanish mountaineer, adventurer and television journalist
Jesús Calleja
Born: 11 April 1965, Spain
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Founder of the French craft brewery, Brasserie Mont Blanc
Sylvain Chiron
Born: 11 December 1970, France
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Daughter of Alan Shepard
Laura Shepard Churchley
Born: 2 July 1947, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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At 18, the youngest person to reach space.
Oliver Daemen
Born: 20 August 2002, Oisterwijk, Netherlands
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Co-founder of Medidata. Died in a small plane crash in New Jersey.
Glen de Vries
Born: 29 June 1972, Hampton Township, New Jersey, United States
Died: 11 November 2021,
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Test pilot, underwent pre-astronaut training but never selected by NASA
Edward Joseph Dwight
Born: 9 September 1933, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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New Shepard 25
Professor at the University of Florida
Robert Eugene Ferl
Born: 19 January 1954, United States
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Space communicator, citizen scientist
Kellie Geradi
Born: 16 February 1989, Florida, United States
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Died on the submersible Titan while diving to the Titanic
George Hamish Livingston Harding
Born: 24 June 1964, United Kingdom
Died: 18 June 2023,
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New Shepard 21
Founder of Science Buddies
Kenneth Lafferty Hess
Born: 22 January 1953, Warren, Ohio, United States
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New Shepard 25
Australian physicist, business woman and pilot
Elaine Chia Hyde
Born: 1983, Australia
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Cardiologist and associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eiman Jahangir
Born: August 1983, Iran
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