Over the decades, NASA's astronaut roster has included 24 Ohio natives - more than any other state. Here are their names:
Neil A. Armstrong
Charles A. Bassett II
Kenneth D. Cameron
Nancy J. Currie
Donn F. Eisele
Michael J. Foreman
Michael L. Gernhardt
John H. Glenn Jr.
Michael T. Good
Gregory J. Harbaugh
Karl G. Henize
Thomas J. Hennen
Terence T. Henricks
James A. Lovell Jr.
G. David Low
Robert F. Overmyer
Ronald A. Parise
Judith A. Resnik
Ronald M. Sega
Robert C. Springer
Donald A. Thomas.
Carl E. Walz
Mary E. Weber
Sunita L. Williams
Astronauts with Ohio affiliations:
Guion S. Bluford Jr., lives in Ohio ;currently working for Federal Data Corporation in Cleveland
Mark N. Brown, lives in Ohio as the head of the Space Division office of General Research Corporation in Dayton, Ohio
Fred W. Haise Jr., worked at NASA Glenn (formerly Lewis) as a research pilot from 9/59-3/63
Charles O. Hobaugh, graduated from North Ridgeville High School, North Ridgeville Ohio, in 1980
Kevin R. Kregel, Honorary Ohio citizen for STS-70
Lee M. Morin, graduated from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio in 1970.
Kathryn D. Sullivan, lives in Ohio; is president of COSI -- Ohio's Center Of Science and Industry
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