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Hace 3 días · At 90 years old, Edward Dwight became the oldest person to ever go to space on Sunday. He had been expected to become the first Black astronaut, but was passed over for the historic spaceflights ...
Hace 3 días · Astronaut Christa McAuliffe died in NASA's Challenger disaster. Set to be the first civilian and teacher in space, her real life was rich and tragic.
Hace 1 día · At the time of his selection as an astronaut in 1980, he had recently completed a tour with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. During his 12-year career with NASA, he served in a variety of roles including shuttle software testing, EVA suit development, capsule communicator for six shuttle flights, and as the head of the Mission Development branch of the astronaut office.
Hace 3 días · The Apollo 8 crew, now living in the crew quarters at Kennedy Space Center, received a visit from Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the night before the launch. They talked about how, before his 1927 flight , Lindbergh had used a piece of string to measure the distance from New York City to Paris on a globe and ...
Hace 3 días · Also appearing are Timothée Chalamet as 15 year-old Tom; Josh Stewart as the voice of CASE; Leah Cairns as Lois, Tom's wife; David Oyelowo and Collette Wolfe respectively as school principal and teacher Ms. Hanley; Francis X. McCarthy as farmer "Boots"; William Devane as Williams, another NASA member; Elyes Gabel as Cooper Station ...
Hace 2 días · This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name.. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by ...
Hace 2 días · Ed Dwight, the man who six decades ago nearly became America's first Black astronaut, made his first trip into space at age 90 on Sunday along with five crewmates aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard ...
