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3 days ago · A second group of nine astronauts was selected by NASA in September 1962. All of this group flew missions in the Gemini program except Elliot See, who died in a flight accident while preparing for the Gemini 9 flight. All of the others also flew on Apollo, except for Ed White, who died in the Apollo 1 launchpad fire.
2 days ago · Walter Schirra (USA) – launched aboard a Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo (1962–1968) John W. Young (USA) – launched aboard a Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle (1965–1983) Soichi Noguchi (Japan) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2005–2020)
2 days ago · Timeline of space exploration. This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space . This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
1 day ago · The only one of the seven to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions, Walter Schirra logged 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. In 1965, he occupied the Command Pilot seat on the Gemini 6 flight, which successfully rendezvoused with Gemini 7, which had already been in orbit. This was the first meeting of two manned maneuverable spacecraft ...
5 days ago · 1st American in space, 63 years ago today. Posted by. Deborah Byrd. and. May 5, 2024. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was the 1st American in space. Here he is in his silver pressure suit with the ...
3 days ago · 20 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 19th Group of Astronauts. John Uri. Johnson Space Center. May 07, 2024. Article. 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 ...
5 days ago · Description. Mercury Atlas 8 (MA-8, also Sigma 7) was the third manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The pilot was Walter M. Schirra, Jr. The objectives of MA-8 were to: (1) evaluate the performance of the man-spacecraft system in a six-pass orbital mission; (2) evaluate the effects of an extended orbital space flight on the astronaut ...
