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NASA astronauts who died on duty are memorialized at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Cosmonauts who died on duty under the Soviet Union were generally honored by burial at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow. No Soviet or Russian cosmonauts have died during spaceflight since 1971.
A tree for each astronaut was planted in NASA's Astronaut Memorial Grove at the Johnson Space Center, along with trees for each astronaut from the Apollo 1 and Challenger disasters. [69] The exhibit Forever Remembered at KSC Visitor Complex features the cockpit window frames from Columbia. [70]
(NASA Astronaut Group 5) February 7, 1932: March 18, 2020 (aged 88) 39: Apollo 15 July 26 – August 7, 1971: Air Force: 11 Ken Mattingly (NASA Astronaut Group 5) March 17, 1936: October 31, 2023 (aged 87) 36: Apollo 16 April 16–27, 1972: Navy: Later flew two Space Shuttle missions. 12 Ronald Evans (NASA Astronaut Group 5)
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. Stafford, a retired Air Force three-star general ...
[51] Russian officials accused NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor of boring the hole, a claim described by Ars Technica as "preposterous" and "a complete fabrication". [52] Soyuz MS-10 rocket shortly after disintegration; October 11: The Soyuz MS-10 crew mission fails to orbit after its booster disintegrates in flight.
This group is all USAF MOL astronauts who transferred to NASA after the cancellation of the MOL program in 1969. All flew on early Space Shuttle flights. Truly, in 1989, would become the first astronaut to be NASA Administrator, holding the post until 1992. As of July 2024, the final surviving member of this group is Robert Crippen.
Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.
William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died at age 90 in a plane crash near the San Juan Islands on Friday.