Astronauts and Aviation Pioneers
- Michael J. Bloomfield, astronaut (born in Flint, raised in Lake Fenton)
- William Boeing, aviation pioneer, founder of Boeing Company (born in Detroit)
- Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids)
- Edward Heinemann, aircraft designer responsible wholly or in part for 20 major military aircraft, including the A-4 Skyhawk, the F3D Skyknight, and the F4D Skyray (born in Saginaw)
- Augustus Moore Herring, aviation pioneer lived in St. Joseph.MI.
- Gregory Jarvis, astronaut and payload specialist—died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger (born in Detroit)
- Brent W. Jett, astronaut (born in Pontiac)
- Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator (born in Ishpeming)
- Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr., test pilot pioneer (born in Detroit; raised in Cassopolis)
- David Leestma, astronaut (born in Muskegon)
- Jerry M. Linenger, astronaut (born in Eastpointe)
- Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator (born in Detroit)
- Jack R. Lousma, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids)
- Nancy Harkness Love, World War II pilot, squadron commander and aviation training pioneer (born in Houghton)
- James McDivitt, astronaut (born in Chicago; moved to Jackson)
- Donald R. McMonagle, astronaut and Manager of Launch Integration at the Kennedy Space Center (born in Flint)
- Philip Orin Parmelee, aviation pioneer trained by the Wright brothers (born in Matherton; raised in Saint Johns)
- Harriet Quimby, aviation pioneer and first US woman to receive a pilot's license (born in Coldwater)
- Ralph Royce, flew the first US military air operation (in 1916 in Mexico), oversaw air commands through the 1920-1940s (born in Marquette)
- Richard A. Searfoss, astronaut (born in Mount Clemens)
- Brewster H. Shaw, Jr., astronaut (born in Cass City)
- Alfred Worden, astronaut (born in Jackson)
- Fred Zinn, World War I aviator and aviation reconnaissance pioneer (born in Battle Creek)
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Famous quotes containing the words astronauts and/or pioneers:
“Just opening up the door, having this ordinary person fly, says a lot for the future. You can always equate astronauts with explorers who were subsidized. Now you are getting someone going just to observe. And then you’ll have the settlers.”
—Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)
“We are the pioneers of the world; the advance-guard, sent on through the wilderness of untried things, to break a new path in the New World that is ours.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)