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List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) North American X-15 Pilots Group (USA) 1958. 1959. 1960. 1962. 1963. 1964. 1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1976. 1977. 1978. 1979. 1980. 1982. 1983. 1984. 1985. 1986. 1987. 1988. 1989. 1990. 1992. 1994. 1996. 1997. 1998.
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 group to that date. The class was the first to include female and minority astronauts; of the 35 selected, six were women, one of them being Jewish American, three were African American ...
NameBornDiedWatertown, Wisconsin, U.S. January 17, ...Brandenstein graduated from Watertown ...Sacramento, California, U.S. January 16, ...Coats graduated from Ramona High School ...Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. August 1, ...Covey graduated from Choctawhatchee High ...Orange, Texas, U.S. April 28, 1943Creighton graduated from Ballard High ...People also ask
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Introduction List of astronauts by year of selection; North American X-15 Pilots Group (USA) 1958; 1959; 1960; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1992; 1994; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2009 ...
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.
Jan 13, 2023 · On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA announced the selection of 35 new astronauts, the first time in more than eight years that the agency had admitted new astronauts.
Nov 20, 2016 · The Astronaut Class of 1978 was NASA’s first new group of astronauts since 1969. This class was notable for many reasons, including having the first African-American and first Asian-American astronauts, and the first women. S78-26481 (January 1978) — This is a montage of the individual portraits of the 35-member 1978 class of astronaut ...
Oct 17, 2023 · The NASA Astronaut Fact Book provides information on the 360 explorers who have been selected as astronauts since NASA's first class in 1959. NASA spacewalker Frank Rubio is pictured during a spacewalk tethered to the International Space Station during an orbital sunset. Preface. (NASA) selected the first group of astronauts in 1959.
