Alexandrine Tinne was a young Dutch explorer in Africa and the first female to attempt to cross the Sahara.	Amelia Earhart was the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic.	Bertrand Piccard has circum-navigated the earth in a balloon.	Chiaki Mukai is the first female Japanese astronaut.
Daniel Boone was a great American pioneer.	Ellison S. Onizuka has a legacy that continues to live on after the Challenger disaster.	Ernest Shackleton in 1901 sailed out in the Discovery to explore the Antartic	John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. He has served his country and family with great love and devotion.
John Wesley Powell is an internationally venerated advocate for preserving biodiversity.	Judith A. Resnik inspired others with her determination to become a scientist and an astronaut.	Libby Riddles won the Iditarod dog sled race in 1985.	Mae Jemison dreamed of going to space since childhood.
Marco Polo a Venetian explorer was born in 1251.	Matthew Henson was a brave African-American Artic explorer, and the co-discoverer of the North Pole.	Maurício de Nassau was a famous Dutch explorer.	Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
Ranald MacDonald was a Native American/Scot wayfarer who helped open up Japan to the West.	Robert Ballard conducts scientific expeditions around the world with students.	Sacajawea guided Lewis and Clark across the northwestern territories.	Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space.
Sergei Vladimir Ilyushin, Jr. : the first man in space?	Sir Douglas Mawson led the first research expedition into Antarctica.	Steve Fossett circum-navigated the earth in a balloon.	Sylvia Earle is a marine biologist and ambassador of the oceans.
Yury Usachev is a famous Russian cosmonaut and passionate ambassador for the space program.

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