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Were you following a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays?

Did you share a birthday?!

If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! Or maybe, one of the 100+ additional astronauts has beaten you?! These astronauts have flown since this original list was pulled together.

We have started listing all the newer astronauts, but not in birthday order. We are now using date order. It starts with 22 July 2015 – see Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? (no.54) – and comes up to date with the most recent astronauts. This is based on the details published by supercluster.com.

If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you?

Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to improve the world, to explore (to travel to strange new worlds).

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Inspiration4 was the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. Named in recognition of the four-person crew that raised awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, this milestone represented a new era for human spaceflight and exploration.

11 February 1983 Jared Isaacman (SpaceX) US. Isaacman is the CEO of Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), the leader in integrated payment processing solutions. He is an accomplished pilot & astronaut with over 7,000 flight hours of aviation experience, including ratings in multiple experimental and ex-military aircraft. He was the commander of Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to space that helped raise over $240 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help eradicate childhood cancer. He represents the pillar of Leadership.

28 March 1970 Dr. Sian Proctor (SpaceX) US. Procter is a geologist, professor, science communicator, and Pilot for Inspiration4. She was one of 47 finalists for NASA’s 2009 astronaut corps but was ultimately not chosen. She has become the first woman of color and the fifth woman overall to pilot a US space mission. She represents the pillar of Prosperity.

4 December 1991 Hayley Arceneaux (SpaceX) US. Arceneaux is a Physician Assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she was previously treated in childhood for bone cancer. She has become the first person to fly to space with a prosthesis and is the youngest American to orbit the Earth at age 29. She represents the pillar of Hope.

28 August 1979 Christopher Sembroski (SpaceX) US. Sembroski is a data engineer at Lockheed Martin and a former US Air Force Electro-Mechanical Technician. His seat on the mission was given to him by a close friend who won the seat a random for their donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. He represents the pillar of Generosity.

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Thanks to www.supercluster.com for the bios and links.

Also, thanks to www.pillownaut.com for the first list of birthdays, and the many, many resources on the internet, especially Wikipedia and NASA.      

* = includes cosmonaut, taikonaut, parastronaut, spaceflight participant, space tourist, etc

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PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee. Leave a message with a date and time. We can share it remotely, at the same time, and think about the Cosmos.

In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.

Remember, hope lives here.

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