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Vor 3 Tagen · NASA selected the nine members of Group 20 from over 3500 applicants. The NASA candidates were announced in June; international astronauts were added later that year. This was the first group of astronauts chosen for the post-Space Shuttle era and not trained to fly the Shuttle. Fischer, Tingle, and Wiseman were selected as pilots ...
Vor 2 Tagen · August 15, 1987. 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.
3. Mai 2024 · More than 8,000 people applied to be an astronaut when NASA last accepted applications in 2024. From that pool, NASA will select between eight and 12 people to become astronaut candidates. They’ll go on to complete about two years of training before the candidates are eligible for a space flight.
7. Mai 2024 · 20 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 19th Group of Astronauts. On May 6, 2004, NASA announced the selection of its 19th group of astronauts. The group comprised 11 candidates – two pilots, six mission specialists, and three educator mission specialists – and included two women, two Hispanic Americans, and one African American.
16. Mai 2024 · NASA Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson. Stephanie D. Wilson was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1996. A veteran of three spaceflights, STS-121 in 2006, STS‑120 in 2007 and STS-131 in 2010, Wilson has logged more than 42 days in space. She is currently assigned to the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
14. Mai 2024 · Discover More Topics From NASA. The Apollo 10 mission encompassed all aspects of an actual crewed lunar landing, except the landing. It was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the Moon.
17. Mai 2024 · On December 21, 1968, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back.”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module and was the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.
