"I swore an oath that Scott Carpenter would never again fly in space.
Mr. Armstrong became the first American civilian astronaut to fly in space, as commander of Gemini 8.
Since that time, three other teachers have entered the program and are awaiting their chance to fly in space.
Women don't fly in space as much as men, and their response to space flight is not as well studied.
In 1984, her mother, one of the first female astronauts, became the first mother to fly in space (the bride was then about 15 months old).
During this flight, McCandless tested the MMU in spacewalks and thus became the first person to fly in space without being tethered to a spacecraft.
Between 1981 and 1985 a fleet of four orbiters Columbia (the first to fly in space), Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis was put into service.
A small theater, where one can rest the feet, shows a video of meteorites narrated by Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.
Endeavour will be moved to the California Science Centre in Los Angeles, and Atlantis, the last shuttle to fly in space, will stay in Florida.
In fact, Mark and Scott – who will be 51 this month – are the first siblings to fly in space and that certainly makes them special.
"I found him a very enthusiastic and bright young person who was dedicated to the idea of wanting to fly in space," Dr. Aldrin said.
