There's No Space Like Home

Astronauts and cosmonauts from many different parts of the world have made important contributions to the body of scientific knowledge. Ten of those space travelers, as well as the countries of their births, have been listed below. Each space pioneer is depending upon your map skills to get them safely back home. A world map has been labeled with the letters A through J. Each letter marks the birth country of one of the astronauts or cosmonauts. Your mission will be accomplished if you are able to type the letter of the correct birth country in the box following each space traveler's name.

1.	Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, a Cuban-born cosmonaut, spent eight days aboard the Soviet space station Salyut during September of 1980. He was the first black man to fly in space.
2.	Franklin Chang-Diaz was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He has a doctorate in the field of applied plasma physics and fusion technology. Dr. Chang-Diaz spent ten years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Fusion Center working on technology for future human missions to Mars.
3.	Jean-Francois Clervoy who was born in France received some of his training in Star City, Moscow on the Soyuz and Mir systems.
4.	Shannon Lucid currently holds the United States single flight endurance record aboard Mir. She was born in Shanghai, China.
5.	Michael Collins, who was born in Rome, Italy, flew aboard both Gemini 10 and Apollo 11.
6.	Michael Foale's hometown is Cambridge, England. Difficulties aboard Mir forced him to leave some of his personal possessions on the space station when his mission was completed.
7.	Philip Chapman was born in Melbourne, Australia. He received degrees from both the University of Sydney and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
8.	Koichi Wakata was born in Omiya, Satama, Japan. He was a mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour and has logged over 214 hours in space.
9.	Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first woman in space. She orbited the Earth a total of 48 times during her three-day mission in 1963. Her birthplace was Maslennikova, USSR.
10.	Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, USA. She is a medical doctor and was the first African-American woman in space.

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