Robert Peary

Robert Peary (1856-1920) was an Admiral in the U. S. Navy who claimed to have led the first expidition to reach earth's North Pole on April 6, 1909, though he was unable to substantiate his claims of the success of his expedition. Some have suggested he never reached the North Pole at all.

In 1997, the United States christened its first interstellar spacecraft the Admiral Peary and sent it on a journey to Home in the Tau Ceti system.