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Lists Of Astronauts
List of astronauts or space travellers, may refer to: By name * List of astronauts by name * List of space travelers by name By nationality * List of space travelers by nationality * Timeline of space travel by nationality * American astronauts ** List of Apollo astronauts ** Astronaut birthplaces by US state ** List of Gemini astronauts ** Mercury Seven ** NASA Astronaut Corps ** NASA Astronaut Group 2 ** NASA Astronaut Group 3 ** NASA Astronaut Group 4 ** NASA Astronaut Group 5 ** NASA Astronaut Group 6 ** NASA Astronaut Group 7 ** NASA Astronaut Group 8 ** NASA Astronaut Group 9 ** NASA Astronaut Group 10 ** NASA Astronaut Group 11 ** NASA Astronaut Group 12 ** NASA Astronaut Group 13 ** NASA Astronaut Group 14 ** NASA Astronaut Group 15 ** NASA Astronaut Group 16 ** NASA Astronaut Group 17 ** NASA Astronaut Group 18 ** NASA Astronaut Group 19 ** NASA Astronaut Group 20 ** NASA Astronaut Group 21 ** NASA Astronaut Group 22 ** NASA Astronaut Group 23 ** List of United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists. "Astronaut" technically applies to all human space travelers regardless of nationality. However, astronauts fielded by Russia or the Soviet Union are typically known instead as cosmonauts (from the Russian "kosmos" (космос), meaning "space", also borrowed from Greek). Comparatively recent developments in crewed spaceflight made by China have led to the rise of the term taikonaut (from the Mandarin "tàikōng" (), meaning "space"), although its use is somewhat informal and its origin is unclear. In China, the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps astronauts and their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 9
NASA Astronaut Group 9 was a group of 19 NASA astronauts announced on May 29, 1980, and completed their training by 1981. This group was selected to supplement the 35 astronauts that had been selected in 1978, and marked the first time that non-Americans were trained as mission specialists with the selections of ESA astronauts Claude Nicollier and Wubbo Ockels. In keeping with the previous group, astronaut candidates were divided into pilots and mission specialists, with eight pilots, eleven mission specialists, and two international mission specialists within the group. Achievements As with the previous group, several spaceflight firsts were achieved, including: * First Costa Rican astronaut: Franklin Chang-Diaz (January 12, 1986, STS-61-C) * First Dutch citizen in space: Wubbo Ockels (October 30, 1985, STS-61-A) * First Swiss astronaut: Claude Nicollier (July 31, 1992, STS-46) * First African-American Marine in space: Charles Bolden (January 12, 1986, STS-61-C) * First p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 22
NASA Astronaut Group 22 (nicknamed "The Turtles") is a group of twelve NASA astronauts selected in June 2017. They were joined by two Canadian Space Agency astronauts for training. History NASA announced the creation of this astronaut group in November 2015 and accepted applications for astronaut hires from December 2015 through February 2016. A record number of applications - over 18,300 - were received. The final group of twelve selected candidates was publicly announced on June 7, 2017. The class was introduced at a press conference at the Johnson Space Center by U. S. Vice President Mike Pence. The ages of the seven men and six women ranged from 29 to 42 at the time of announcement. The Group 22 Astronaut Candidates arrived at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for training in August 2017, and when their approximately two-year-long training program was complete in January 2020, they became available for future missions. The group earned their "Turtles" nickname after exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 21
In 2011 NASA opened applications for Astronaut Group 21. The team was announced in June 2013 after a year and a half long search. With four men and four women, the class of 2013 had the highest percentage of female finalists. According to NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, "it's… a reflection of how many really talented women are in science and engineering these days." NASA received a total of over 6,300 applications, which made it the second highest number received at the time (the class of 2017 surpassed both records with a total of more than 18,300). Traditionally, the upcoming class is given a nickname by the previous class. Following this custom, the class of 2009 (also known as "The Chumps") christened the 2013 class the "Eight Balls" in reference to there being eight of them. Bob Behnken, then Chief of the Astronaut Office, stated in an interview that the name further represents that, "The eight ball n billiards or poolis played last and the hope from the preceding class i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 20
NASA Astronaut Group 20 (The Chumps) saw the training of nine mission specialists, and five international mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 14 astronauts began training in August 2009 and officially graduated as astronauts on 4 November 2011. Mission Specialists * Serena M. Auñón (1 flight) ** Soyuz MS-09 ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 56/ 57 * Jeanette J. Epps ** Mission Specialist, Starliner-1 (future flight) * Jack D. Fischer (1 flight) **Soyuz MS-04 ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 52/ 53 * Michael S. Hopkins (2 flights) ** Soyuz TMA-10M ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 37/ 38 **Commander, SpaceX Crew-1 ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 64/ 65 *Kjell N. Lindgren (1 flight) **Soyuz TMA-17M ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 44/ 45 **Commander, SpaceX Crew-4 *Kathleen Rubins (2 flights) **Soyuz MS-01 ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 48/ 49 **Soyuz MS-17 ***Flight Engineer, Expedition 63/ 64 * Scott D. Tingle (1 flight) **Soyuz MS-07 ***Flight Engineer, Expedit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 19
NASA Astronaut Group 19 was a NASA spaceflight team that saw the training of two pilots, six mission specialists, three educator mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 11 astronauts began training in 2004. This was the last group to fly the Space Shuttle. Pilots *Randolph Bresnik (2 flights) **STS-129 (''Atlantis'') ** Soyuz MS-05 ***Flight engineer/Commander, ISS Expedition 52/ 53 * James Dutton (1 flight) **Pilot, STS-131 (''Discovery'') Mission Specialists *Christopher Cassidy - Chief of the Astronaut Office 2015-2017 (3 flights) **STS-127 ('' Endeavour'') ** Soyuz TMA-08M ***Flight engineer, ISS Expedition 35/ 36 ** Soyuz MS-16 ***Flight engineer/Commander, ISS Expedition 62/ 63 *José M. Hernández (1 flight) **STS-128 (''Discovery'') * Robert S. Kimbrough (3 flights) **STS-126 (''Endeavour'') ** Soyuz MS-02 ***Flight engineer/Commander, ISS Expedition 49/ 50 ** Commander, SpaceX Crew-2 ***Flight engineer, Expedition 65 *Thomas Marshburn (2 flights) **STS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Astronaut Group 18
NASA Astronaut Group 18 (The Bugs). The group saw the training of seven pilots and ten mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 17 astronauts began training in August 2000. Pilots * Dominic A. Antonelli (2 flights) ** Pilot, STS-119 (''Discovery'') ** Pilot, STS-132 (''Atlantis'') * Eric A. Boe (2 flights) ** Pilot, STS-126 ('' Endeavour'') ** Pilot, STS-133 (''Discovery'') * Kevin A. Ford (2 flights) ** Pilot, STS-128 (''Discovery'') **Soyuz TMA-06M ** Flight Engineer, Expedition 33 ** ISS Commander, Expedition 34 * Ronald J. Garan, Jr. (2 flights) ** Mission Specialist, STS-124 (''Discovery'') ** Soyuz TMA-21 ** Flight Engineer, Expedition 27 ** Flight Engineer, Expedition 28 * Douglas G. Hurley (3 flights) ** Pilot, STS-127 ('' Endeavour'') ** Pilot, STS-135 (''Atlantis'') ** Commander, SpaceX Demo-2 ** Flight Engineer, Expedition 63 * Terry W. Virts, Jr. (2 flights) ** Pilot, STS-130 ('' Endeavour'') ** Soyuz TMA-15M ** Flight Engineer, Expedition 42 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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