Profiles of Adventurers

1. Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records and wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences.

2. Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. He, along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.

3. Jacques Cousteau

Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author, and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water.

Chrono Pioneers

1. Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

2. Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer and the first person to walk on the Moon. He made his historic step on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.