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SpaceX has employed former NASA astronauts, but did not select any SpaceX employees to fly its commercial vehicles to the International Space Station. [citation needed] SpaceX's former medical director at SpaceX, Anil Menon, is now a NASA astronaut selected in 2021 as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 23.
Any former employee of another federal government agency, including military personnel, who served an extended detail assignment at NASA for one year or longer is also eligible for membership. Any other person who was employed by NASA as a "Special Employee" for the purpose of accomplishing a special focused assignment lasting one year or more ...
Revitalize NASA. Lacking a clear goal the team that placed an American on the Moon, NASA, has become just another federal bureaucracy beset by competing agendas and unable to establish discipline within its structure. Although NASA has an amazing array of technology and the most talented workforce in history, it lacks top-level vision.
Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist.. Before becoming an astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology.
Name Class year Notability References Frank Borman: 1950 Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8; first to orbit Moon and to see far side of the Moon [1] [2]Buzz Aldrin: 1951 Pilot of Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11; 2nd person to walk on the Moon
Robert Louis Behnken (/ ˈ b ɛ n k ə n /; [1] born July 28, 1970) is an American engineer, a former NASA astronaut, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office.. Behnken holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000.
Lueders has led NASA's human spaceflight program as the Associate Administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. [1] [2] [3] She became the first woman to head human spaceflight. [4] She was the program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program and oversaw the return of human spaceflight capabilities to NASA.