scientist

Van Drebbel

In 1623 Cornelis Jacobszoon van Drebbel built and tested the first successful submarine on the River Thames for James I of England. This submarine was manpowered.

Marie Curie

November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934 a Polish-French physicist and chemist. She was a pioneer in the early field of radioactivity, later becoming the first two-time Nobel laureate and the only person with Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science (physics and chemistry).First woman appointed to teach at the Sorbonne.

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

March 6, 1937in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village in Russia.Is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963.

Neil Alden Armstrong

born August 5,1930 is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and Naval Aviator,&was the first human to set foot on the Moon.Armstrong' s second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this famous "giant leap for mankind", Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring, while Michael Collins orbited above.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968, was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human in space &the first human to orbit the Earth.On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space in Vostok.He is also known in Russian history as "The Columbus of the Cosmos.

Louis Pasteur

December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895 French microbiologist and chemist. He is best known for demonstrating how to prevent milk and wine from going sour, which came to be called pasteurization. Created the first vaccine for rabies.