An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed...
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NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as...
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Sunita Williams (category American women astronauts)
Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, retired U.S. Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks...
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aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1. After graduating...
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Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969...
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This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member...
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Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the...
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member of a spacecraft. Astronaut or astronauts may also refer to: The Astronauts (band), a 1960s American surf band "The Astronaut" (song), a 2022 song...
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The United States Astronaut Badge is a badge of the United States, awarded to military and civilian personnel who are employed with the National Aeronautics...
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NASA Astronaut Group 8 was a group of 35 astronauts announced on January 16, 1978. It was the first NASA selection since Group 6 in 1967, and was the largest...
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Mark Kelly (redirect from Mark Kelly (astronaut))
Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, retired astronaut, and United States Navy captain. A member of the Democratic Party, he...
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The Chief of the Astronaut Office is the most senior leadership position for active astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
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Anna Lee Fisher (category American women astronauts)
American chemist, emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984...
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Neil Armstrong (redirect from Astronaut Armstrong)
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...
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and NASA astronaut. He was a flight surgeon at NASA and the medical director at SpaceX before being selected as a candidate for an astronaut at NASA....
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time between the first male and first female astronauts varied widely by country. The first astronauts originally from Britain, South Korea, and Iran...
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God Is an Astronaut are an Irish post-rock band from County Wicklow, formed in 2002 by Niels and Torsten Kinsella. Their style employs elements of electronic...
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"Astronaut in the Ocean" is a song by Australian rapper Masked Wolf. It was originally released in June 2019 and then was re-released by Elektra Records...
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unreported Soviet space accidents. As of 2024[update], there have been 19 astronaut fatalities during spaceflight that either crossed, or was intended to...
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Mercury Seven (redirect from Astronaut Group 1)
group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their...
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John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He...
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As part of the Apollo program by NASA, 24 astronauts flew nine missions to the Moon between December 1968 and December 1972. During six successful two-man...
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28°34′27″N 80°34′19″W / 28.57417°N 80.57194°W / 28.57417; -80.57194 The Astronaut Beach House is a two-story house built in 1962 as a part of the then Neptune...
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Jonny Kim (category American astronauts)
former SEAL, Naval flight surgeon, Naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut. Born and raised in California, Kim enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early...
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"Be an Astronaut" is a song by English singer, songwriter, and musician Declan McKenna. It was released on 5 August 2020 as the fourth single from his...
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The European Astronaut Centre (EAC) (German: Europäisches Astronautenzentrum, French: Centre des astronautes européens), is an establishment of the European...
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José M. Hernández (redirect from Jose Hernandez (astronaut))
Moreno Hernández (born August 7, 1962) is a Mexican-American engineer and astronaut. He currently serves as a Regent of the University of California. Hernández...
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Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) refer to a pseudoscientific set of beliefs that hold that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and...
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Tim Dodd (redirect from Everyday Astronaut)
Timothy Justin Dodd (born February 27, 1985), also known as Everyday Astronaut, is an American science communicator, YouTube content creator, photographer...
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The Astronaut is an upcoming American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Jess Varley and starring Kate Mara, Gabriel Luna and Laurence...
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