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The flags indicate the astronaut's primary citizenship during his or her time as an astronaut. The symbol identifies female astronauts. The symbol indicates astronauts who have left low Earth orbit. The symbol indicates astronauts who have walked on the Moon. The symbol † indicates astronauts who have died in incidents related to a space program.
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist.Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
Thus, in 1978, a new group of 35 astronauts was selected after 9 years without new astronauts, including the first American female astronauts, with one of them, Judith Resnik, also being the first Jewish American astronaut, as well as the first African-American astronauts to fly, Guion Bluford and Frederick D. Gregory (the first black astronaut ...
This weekend, the Opry presented a live performance and guest appearances from NASA astronauts, including Tennessee native Barry "Butch" Wilmore and his crew of five at the International Space ...
For the first time in history, all four crew members will technically be on a spacewalk. 6:50 a.m. Isaacman opens the hatch to venture outside. 7:00 a.m. Isaacman moves back inside to make way for ...
He is the first astronaut from Sicily Samantha Cristoforetti, 541st person in space, who has performed the longest single spaceflight by a woman, as of 2015 Andreas Mogensen, joint 544th person and the first Dane in space Aidyn Aimbetov, joint 544th person and the first solely Kazakh cosmonaut Hazza Al Mansouri, joint 564th person and the first ...
(Reuters) -Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday ...
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon.He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.