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Patrick Graham Forrester (born March 31, 1957) is a NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. He is a retired United States Army colonel and Army aviator. He is married and has two children. Forrester flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-105, STS-117, and STS-128.
The first alumnus to graduate and go on to become an astronaut was Frank Borman, class of 1950. As of August 2022, the most recent alumnus to become an astronaut was Anne McClain, class of 2002. Five alumni were part of Project Gemini, six part of the Apollo program, two have walked on the Moon, and twelve were part of the Space Shuttle program.
United States astronaut badges are the various badges of the United States which are awarded to military and civilian personnel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the various child departments of the Department of Defense, or a private space-faring entity, who have performed (or in some cases, completed training for) a spaceflight.
Astronauts who have undertaken spaceflight while a member of the United States Army. Pages in category "United States Army astronauts" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The film includes historical NASA footage as well as re-enactments and computer-generated imagery. Tom Hanks is the narrator, co-writer and co-producer.Magnificent Desolation is the third Apollo-related project for Hanks: he was previously involved in the film Apollo 13 and the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
The pioneering astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have a packed agenda during their five short days in space, but medical officer Anna Menon still found time to read to her children from orbit ...
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union.
Billy finds his father old-fashioned and boring. He wants to lead an exciting life: to be a hero like the astronaut Alan Shepard. However, Billy's life takes an exciting turn when he is hired by Dr. Donni McGuinness, the Director of Veterinary Sciences, to help train the chimpanzees for NASA space missions.