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[b]Vote for the greatest astronaut of all time[/b] For the past five decades, astronauts have thrilled the world. From Yuri Gagarin's history-making first ascent into orbit to the Space Shuttle's extraordinary Hubble Telescope repair missions, human explorers have clocked up countless major accomplishments in space. But who is the greatest astronaut of all time? [i]Sky at Night Magazine[/i] has launched a poll in the August issue, on sale today, to find out who the public rates as the top astronaut in history, and we'd love to hear what you and your community think. The team has drawn up a shortlist of 15 astronauts and has asked a number of top space experts for their comments on these extraordinary men and women. Now it's over to you... You can read about the shortlisted astronauts and [URL=http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/greatestastronaut.asp]cast your vote[/URL] on the Sky at Night Magazine website. Graham Southorn, Editor of Sky at Night Magazine commented: "We are setting out to honour those brave explorers who have journeyed beyond Earth, with a poll to find the greatest astronaut. We had to make some tough choices, but in the end we’ve narrowed the selection down to 15 people. Now we need your help to select the greatest of all time." The shortlist is as follows... [list=1][*]Anousheh Ansari [*]Buzz Aldrin [*]Neil Armstrong [*]Frank Borman [*]Michael Foale [*]Yuri Gagarin [*]Sergei Krikalev [*]Jim Lovell [*]Alexei Leonov [*]Bruce McCandless [*]Valeri Polyakov [*]Story Musgrave [*]Harrison Schmitt [*]Alan Shepard [*]John Young[/list]
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