It takes hundreds of people -- machinists, engineers, scientists and many others -- to get a spacecraft from the planning stages to its destination in outer space. The people in this gallery represent just a few of the folks who make space exploration ideas a reality.

	Lynn Margulis Evolutionary Biologist			Neil Gehrels Astrophysicist			Gerard Kuiper (1905 - 1973) Astronomer
	Amy Simon-Miller Astrophysicist			Autumn Burdick Science Writer			Sten Odenwald Research Astronomer
	Chris Voorhees Mechanical Systems Engineer			Karly Pitman Planetary Scientist and Astrophysicist			Vicky Hamilton Planetary Geologist, Southwest Research Institute
	Doug Ellison Visualization Producer			Anne Kahle Geophysicist			Ralph Carruth Manager, Materials and Processes Laboratory