Space Exploration
- Daniel Brandenstein (born 1943), astronaut (Watertown)
- Leroy Chiao (born 1960), astronaut (Milwaukee)
- Laurel Clark (1961–2003), astronaut (died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (Racine)
- Mark C. Lee (born 1952), astronaut (Viroqua)
- Nathan J. Lindsay (born 1936), astronaut (Monroe)
- Jim Lovell (born 1928), astronaut (Milwaukee)
- Deke Slayton (1924–1993), astronaut (Sparta)
- Eugene L. Tattini, Deputy Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Madison)
- Jeffrey Williams (born 1958), astronaut (Superior, Winter)
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Famous quotes containing the words space and/or exploration:
“The secret ones around a stone
Their lips withdrawn in meet surprise
Lie still, being naught but bone
With naught but space within their eyes....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“I call her old. She has one family
Whose claim is good to being settled here
Before the era of colonization,
And before that of exploration even.
John Smith remarked them as he coasted by....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)