ORGANIZATION

"The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) is an international nonprofit professional and educational organization of over 300 individuals from 30 nations who have flown in space. Founded in 1985, ASE's mission is to provide a forum for professional dialogue among individuals who have flown in space, support space science and exploration for the benefit of all, promote education in science and engineering, foster greater environmental awareness, and encourage international cooperation in the human exploration of space."

Official Website:
http://www.space-explorers.org/

Location:
Houston, TX

Founding Date:
1985

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Buzz Aldrin	Astronaut	20-Jan-1930		Second man on the Moon
Anousheh Ansari	Business	12-Sep-1966		Telecom executive, space tourist
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.	Astronaut	19-Aug-1946		Four-time shuttle astronaut
Scott Carpenter	Astronaut	1-May-1925	10-Oct-2013	Mercury astronaut
Gene Cernan	Astronaut	14-Mar-1934		Last man on the moon (Apollo 17)
Michael Collins	Astronaut	31-Oct-1930		Apollo 11 command module pilot
Pete Conrad	Astronaut	2-Jun-1930	8-Jul-1999	Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon
Dick Covey	Astronaut	1-Aug-1946		Shuttle astronaut
Robert Crippen	Astronaut	11-Sep-1937		Pilot of first shuttle mission, STS-1
Charles Duke	Astronaut	3-Oct-1935		10th to walk on the Moon
Jake Garn	Politician	12-Oct-1932		US Senator from Utah, 1974-93
Owen K. Garriott	Astronaut	22-Nov-1930		Skylab, Spacelab astronaut
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Astronaut	26-Jun-1956		First black astronaut to spacewalk
James Irwin	Astronaut	17-Mar-1930	8-Aug-1991	8th to walk on the Moon
Alexei Leonov	Astronaut	30-May-1934		First man to walk in space
Jim Lovell	Astronaut	25-Mar-1928		Apollo 13
Edgar Mitchell	Astronaut	17-Sep-1930		6th to walk on the Moon
Bill Nelson	Politician	29-Sep-1942		US Senator from Florida
Andrian Nikolayev	Astronaut	5-Sep-1929	3-Jul-2004	Third Russian cosmonaut in space
Ellen Ochoa	Astronaut	10-May-1958		First hispanic female astronaut
Scott E. Parazynski	Astronaut	28-Jul-1961		Shuttle astronaut, summited Everest
Rusty Schweickart	Astronaut	25-Oct-1935		Apollo 9 Lunar Module pilot
Deke Slayton	Astronaut	1-Mar-1924	13-Jun-1993	Original Mercury 7 astronaut
Thomas P. Stafford	Astronaut	17-Sep-1930		Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
Kathryn D. Sullivan	Astronaut	3-Oct-1951		Columbus Center for Science and Industry
Norman Thagard	Astronaut	3-Jul-1943		Shuttle astronaut

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