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Outer Space Astronauts is a comedy television series which aired on Syfy, created by Russell Barrett. The main characters have live-action "real" heads connected to computer-generated and animated bodies in a completely digital environment. The crew travel through space on a ship named the O.S.S. Oklahoma.
XK-5 Space Raider: Contemporary/Near Future UK Senior Space Defence astronaut vanished, presumed dead, on Jupiter mission. Saved by Kraal alien race who use him in their plans for invasion of Earth. [11] 30 unnamed astronauts (15 men, 15 women) The Better Angels (1979), novel United States: Humanity (mother ship) Landing craft c. 1992 – 1996
To be included in these lists, a fictional astronaut must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world space programs, as they have actually existed since the beginning of the Space Age, or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age. Criteria include: A fictional astronaut must be human (not an alien, robot, or animal).
A wide field view of outer space as seen from Earth's surface at night. The interplanetary dust cloud is visible as the horizontal band of zodiacal light, including the false dawn [29] (edges) and gegenschein (center), which is visually crossed by the Milky Way. Outer space is the closest known approximation to a perfect vacuum.
The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon.Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's surface, [1] a cropped and rotated version has become one of the most reproduced images in history.
Earthrise was taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon. [4] [5] One account suggests that before Anders found a suitable 70 mm color film, mission commander Frank Borman took a black-and-white photograph of the scene, with the Earth's terminator touching the horizon.
List of space travelers by nationality; Timeline of space travel by nationality; American astronauts List of Apollo astronauts; Astronaut birthplaces by US state
A space selfie is a selfie (self-portrait photograph typically posted on social media sites [2]) that is taken in outer space. This include selfies taken by astronauts [ 3 ] (also known as astronaut selfies [ 4 ] ), machines [ 5 ] (also known as space robot selfies [ 6 ] and rover selfies [ 7 ] ) and by indirect methods.