astronaut

A Canadian astronaut named Chris Hadfield has been commander of the International Space Station for the past five months. But he's also a musician.

Former astronauts John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were honored on Tuesday (November 15th) with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed by Congress.  Armstrong was first to walk on the moon.  Aldrin was the second.  John Glenn, now a Congressman himself, was the first to orbit the earth in 1962.  And Michael Collins was the Apollo 11 command module pilo