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2 days ago · Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project Mercury in April 1959. All seven were military test pilots, a requirement specified by President Eisenhower to simplify the selection process.
1 day ago · 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.
4 days ago · Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 6 Coma: United Artists: Michael Crichton (director/screenplay); Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Richard Doyle, Lance LeGault, Tom Selleck, Joanna Kerns, Ed Harris, Philip Baker Hall
3 days ago · Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
1 day ago · This is a list of all astronauts who have engaged in an EVA by partly or fully leaving a spacecraft, exclusive of extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. It is ordered chronologically by the date of first spacewalk. For a list of astronauts who have performed lunar EVA ("moonwalks") see List of Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon.
2 days ago · Historical films. List of classic composers depicted on film. Beethoven in film. List of films about Richard Wagner. List of films about nobility *. List of films about the Romanovs. List of films about the Titanic. List of films featuring Hercules. List of films featuring Jesus.
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1 day ago · Countries (and successor states) whose citizens have flown in space as of January 2024. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi), while in the United States, professional, military and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 ...
