Astronauts Posters, Prints & Charts
for the social studies, science classrooms, home schoolers, theme decor for office and studio.

A person who has traveled in space (altitude of at least 80 - 100 km) is called an astronaut, cosmonaut (Russian), taikonaut (Chinese), or afronaut (Africans). The titles derive from the Greek astro (star), kosmos (universe) and nautes (sailor). Posters of space missions and exploration include Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn.

A Voyage with Astronauts Activity Posters

Explore space travel through an imaginary voyage to the International Space Station. Photographs and vivid color images offer students a new perspective on space and generate questions such as "where is space?"

And why is space a hostile environment to humans? Posters also reveal why the shuttle's re-entry to the atmosphere is such a dangerous process, and how far has man traveled in space.

Complete set includes one large Working Astronaut poster (51" x 35"), 11 information charts (16" x 12"), and teacher's guide.

Yuri Gagarin TIME Magazine Cover, April 21, 1961

Yuri Gagarin / TIME Magazine Cover, April 21, 1961
(first human space flight, 4-12-61, Vostok 1)

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Alan Shepard TIME Magazine Cover, May 12, 1961

Alan Shepard / TIME Magazine Cover, May 12, 1961
(first American space flight, suborbital, 5-5-61, Mercury 3)

Lt. Col. John Glenn, Astronaut / TIME Magazine Cover, March 2, 1962

Lt. Col. John Glenn, Astronaut / TIME Magazine Cover, March 2, 1962
(first American orbital flight 2-20-62, Mercury 6 aboard Friendship 7)

Major Nikolayev, Lt. Colonel Popovich TIME Magazine Cover, August 24, 1962

Major Nikolayev, Lt. Colonel Popovich / TIME Magazine Cover, August 24, 1962
(first instance of two simultaneous manned spacecraft, Vostok 3 & 4)

Gordon Cooper TIME Magazine Cover, May 24, 1963

Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, and flew 222 hours in space. He was the first US astronaut to sleep in space and to be seen live on TV; Cooper also asserted his belief in UFOs in Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown.
b. 3-6-1927; Shawnee, OK
d. 10-4-2004; California (Parkinson's Disease)

Ed White, Jim McDivitt / TIME Magazine Cover, June 11, 1965

Ed White, Jim McDivitt / TIME Magazine Cover, June 11, 1965
(first American Extra-Vehicular Activity - EVA, 6-3-65, Gemini 4)

Grissom, White, and Chaffee / TIME Magazine Cover, Feb 3, 1967

Grissom, White, and Chaffee / TIME Magazine Cover, Feb 3, 1967
(first Americans astronauts to die in space program, 1-27-1967, Apollo 1)

Anders, Borman, Lovell, Men of the Year / TIME Magazine Cover, Jan 3, 1969

Anders, Borman, Lovell, Men of the Year / TIME Magazine Cover, Jan 3, 1969
(... celebrated as the year in which men saw at first hand their little earth entire, a remote, blue-brown sphere hovering like a migrant bird in the hostile night of space.)

Astronaut Neil Armstrong Leaving for the Moon / LIFE Cover: July 25, 1969

Astronaut Neil Armstrong Leaving for the Moon / LIFE Cover: July 25, 1969
(First Lunar landing, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin; July, 1969.)

Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin (w/ Neil Armstrong Quote) Poster

The Eagle Has Landed

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Buzz Aldrin b. 1-20-1930, New Jersey

“That’s one small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong

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Ten Days that Shook the Nation - The Moon Landing, 1969 Wall Poster

The Moon Landing, July 20, 1969 - Ten Days that Shook the Nation -

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First Man on the Moon Historic Headlines Poster

First Man on the Moon Historic Headlines Poster

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Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert TIME Cover: April 27, 1970

Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert /The Return - TIME Cover, April 27, 1970
(April 1970, Apollo 13)

Astronauts Scott, Irwin and Worden TIME Magazine Cover, Aug 9, 1971

Astronauts Scott, Irwin and Worden / TIME Magazine Cover, Aug 9, 1971
(Lunar Rover EVA on Moon, July 26-30, 1971, Apollo 15)

Astronaut, Lunar Rover, Flag on Moon

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Astronaut Wall Poster

Astronaut

U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984.

Ellison Onizuka, Great Asian Americans, Wall Poster

Ellison Onizuka
b. 6-24-1946; Kealakekua, HI
d. 1-28-1986, Challenger Space Shuttle

Poster Text: Ellison Onizuka's fascination with rocket began at a very early age. His parents recall how one New Year's Eve they felt strange vibrations and heard loud noises that seemed to be coming from beneath the floor of their home. Frightened, they ran outside to discover clouds of smoke pouring from underneath the house. After a few panic-stricken minutes, they discoverd the source of the noise and smoke, young Ellison had set off a roman candle firework in order to see how it worked! ... While working as a test pilot in California in the 1970s Ellison was chosen by NASA to be one of 220 astronauts for the space agency's new shuttle. The next year, he was chosen as one of seven people to take part in a mission aboard the shuttle "Challenger." Tragically, a malfunction of the shuttle's booster rocket caused an explosion that claimed the lives of the entire "Challenger" crew. At a memorial service, former astronaut Neil Armstrong said of Ellison Onizuka, "[He] had his life cut short for many reasons he could not control. Yet during his years he accomplished much more than most. Our world is a better place for his being here. He will always be remembered."

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