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1958

June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...

The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected for Man In Space Soonest, a U.S. air Force project to beat the Soviets into space. While this group didn`t wind up going into space when intended, one was eventually the first man to set foot on the moon. Several others became astronauts via the X-15 program. These astronauts included Neil Armstrong, William Bridgeman, Scott Crossfield, Iven Kincheloe, John B. McKay, Robert Rushworth, Joe Walker, Alvin White and Robert White.

U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Man In Space Soonest was a American program to put an astronaut into outer space before the Soviet Union would be able to. ... The United States Air Force (or USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... The X-15 in flight, early 1960s The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. ... Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator famous as the first human ever to set foot on the Moon. ... Scott Crossfield Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006), normally referred to as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer, aviator and test pilot. ... Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. ... John B. McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASAs Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. ... Robert Aitken Rushworth was a United Stages Air Force test pilot for the X-15 program. ... Joseph A. Walker - X-15 astronaut (NASA) Joseph Albert Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American military test pilot; in 1963, he made two X-15 flights past the 100 kilometer edge of space, the only spaceplane flights past that threshold made until SpaceShipOne in 2004. ... Robert Michael White began his military career in World War II. White joined the 354th Fighter Squadron of the 355th Fighter Group (Eighth Air Force) in England in July, 1944. ...

1959

April 9 - 1959 NASA Group - Mercury Seven - USA 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ...

Though commonly considered to be the first group, the second group of American astronauts was selected for Project Mercury by NASA in April 1959. This group, known as the "Mercury Seven", included Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. All seven were military test pilots, a requirement specified by President Eisenhower to simplify the selection process.

All seven of the first group of astronauts eventually flew in space, although one, Deke Slayton, did not fly a Mercury mission due to a medical disqualification. He eventually flew on the Apollo-Soyuz mission. The other six each flew one Mercury mission. For two of these, Scott Carpenter and John Glenn, the Mercury mission was their only flight in the Apollo era (Glenn later flew on the space shuttle). Three of the Mercury astronauts, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper and Wally Schirra, also each flew a mission during the Gemini program. Alan Shepard did not fly a Gemini mission due to a medical disqualification, but later did fly an Apollo mission. He was the only Mercury astronaut to go to the Moon. Wally Schirra also flew on Apollo, as well as Mercury and Gemini, the only astronaut to fly on all three types of spacecraft. (Gus Grissom was scheduled to fly the first Apollo flight, but died in a fire on the launch pad during training.)

Project Mercury was the United States first successful manned spaceflight program. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter) The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. ... Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter inspects the heat shield of his Aurora 7 space capsule Malcolm Scott Carpenter (born May 1, 1925) was one of the original seven astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury. ... Leroy Gordon Gordo Cooper, Jr. ... John Herschel Glenn Jr. ... Gus Grissom in his Mercury spacesuit Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926–January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became one of the first American astronauts. ... Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. ... Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ... Deke Slayton prepares for a pre-mission test leading up to his Apollo-Soyuz flight Donald Kent Deke Slayton (March 1, 1924–June 13, 1993) was an American astronaut. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other meanings, see Apollo (disambiguation). ...

1960

March 7 - Air Force Group 1 - USSR 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ...

The initial group of Soviet cosmonauts was chosen from Air Force jet pilots. The twenty, finalised on March 7, 1960 were: Ivan Anikeyev, Pavel Belyayev, Valentin Bondarenko, Valery Bykovsky, Valentin Filatyev, Yuri Gagarin, Viktor Gorbatko, Anatoli Kartashov, Yevgeny Khrunov, Vladimir Komarov, Aleksei Leonov, Grigori Nelyubov, Andrian Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Mars Rafikov, Georgi Shonin, Gherman Titov, Valentin Varlamov, Boris Volynov, and Dmitri Zaikin.

April - Dyna-Soar - USA March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Pavel Belyayev Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев), June 26, 1925, Chelizshevo – January 10, 1970, Moscow, was a cosmonaut who flew on the historic Voskhod 2 mission. ... Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko (February 16, 1937 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR - March 23, 1961 in Moscow, Russia ) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. ... Valery Bykovsky Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Валерий Фёдорович Быковский; born 2 August 1934, Pavlovsky Posad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. ... Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human to orbit the Earth. ... Viktor Gorbatko Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Горбатко; born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. ... Yevgeny Khrunov Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5 mission. ... Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров; March 16, 1927 – April 24, 1967) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... General Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov, Red Army (Ret. ... Grigori Nelyubov, one of the original 20 cosmonauts Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov (March 31, 1934 – February 18, 1966) was a Russian cosmonaut who was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space before his dismissal from the Soviet space program. ... Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев), (September 5, 1929–July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Pavel Popovich Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Павел Романович Попович, Pavel Romanovič Popovič; born October 5, 1930 in Uzin) was a Cosmonaut who commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. ... Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: Георгий Степанович Шонин; August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ... Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; September 11, 1935, Verkhnee Zhilino – September 20, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the second person to orbit the Earth. ... Boris Volynov Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Борис Валентинович Волынов; born December 18, 1934 in Irkutsk) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. ... Dmitri Zaikin Dmitri Alekseyevich Zaikin (born in Yekaterinovka, Rostov Oblast, Russia on April 29, 1932) was a trainer of cosmonauts. ...

In April, 1960, seven astronauts were secretly chosen for the Dyna-Soar program. Neil Armstrong, Bill Dana, Henry C. Gordon, Pete Knight, Russell L. Rogers, Milt Thompson, and James W. Wood. Neil Armstrong (previously part of MISS) and Bill Dana left the program in the summer of 1962.

Artists conception of the X-20 during re-entry The X-20 Dyna-Soar was a USAF program to develop an orbital spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military missions including reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and sabotage of enemy satellites. ... Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator famous as the first human ever to set foot on the Moon. ... William Harvey Dana is a retired astronaut. ... Henry Charles Gordon was a retired X-20 Dyna-Soar astronaut and a Colonel in the USAF, Ret. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Russell Lee Rogers was an astronaut assigned to the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. ... Milton Orville Thompson was a NASA research pilot selected as an astronaut for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April, 1960. ... James Wayne Wood was an astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. ...

1962

March 12 - Female Group - USSR 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ...

On March 12, 1962, a group of five civilian women with parachuting experience was added to the cosmonaut group: Tatyana Kuznetsova, Valentina Ponomaryova, Irina Solovyova, Valentina Tereshkova, and Zhanna Yerkina. Only Tereshkova would fly.

September 17 - 1962 NASA Group - USA March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: ; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 in 1963. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...

A second group of nine astronauts was selected by NASA in September 1962. This group included Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Charles Conrad, Jim McDivitt, Jim Lovell, Elliott See, Tom Stafford, Ed White and John Young. All of this group flew missions in the Gemini program except Elliott See, who died in a flight accident while preparing for his Gemini flight. All of the others also flew on Apollo, except for Ed White, who died in a fire on the launch pad during training for the first Apollo flight. Three of this group, McDivitt, Borman and Armstrong, made single flights in both Gemini and Apollo. Four others, Young, Lovell, Stafford and Conrad, each made two flights in Gemini and at least one flight in Apollo. Young and Lovell both made two Apollo flights. Conrad and Stafford also made second flights in Apollo spacecraft, Conrad in Skylab and Stafford in Apollo-Soyuz. Six of this group, Borman, Lovell, Stafford, Young, Armstrong and Conrad, made flights to the Moon. Lovell and Young went to the Moon twice. Armstrong, Conrad, and Young walked on the Moon. John Young also later flew on the Space Shuttle and would retire from NASA in 2004.

September 19 - Dyna-Soar - USA NASAs Astronaut Group 2, also known as The Next Nine or The New Nine, was the second group of Astronauts selected by NASA in September 1962. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator famous as the first human ever to set foot on the Moon. ... Frank Borman (right) poses with Jim Lovell (left) and Bill Anders (center) for an Apollo 8 publicity photo Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA astronaut, best remembered as one of the three crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon. ... Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ... James A. McDivitt (Brig. ... James Arthur Lovell, Jr. ... Elliott See Elliott McKay See, Jr. ... See also: Tom Stafford (astronomer). ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... John W. Young in 1986 John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...

On September 19, 1962, Albert Crews was added to the Dyna-Soar program and the names of the six remaining Dyna-Soar astronauts were announced to the public:

September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Albert Hanlin Crews, Jr is a retired astronaut and Colonel in the United States Air Force. ...

1963

January 10 - Air Force Group 2 - USSR 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Yuri Artyukhin, Eduard Buinovski, Lev Demin, Georgi Dobrovolski, Anatoli Filipchenko, Aleksei Gubarev, Vladislav Gulyayev, Pyotr Kolodin, Eduard Kugno, Anatoli Kuklin, Aleksandr Matinchenko, Vladimir Shatalov, Lev Vorobyov, Anatoli Voronov, Vitali Zholobov

October 17 - 1963 NASA Group - USA Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Юрий Петрович Артюхин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made a single flight into space. ... Lev Stepanovich Demin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; born January 11, 1926 in Moscow, died December 18, 1998 in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission. ... Georgi Dobrovolski Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; June 1, 1928 – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Image:Filipchenko. ... Image:Gubarev. ... Vladimir Shatalov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. ... Zholobov in his spacesuit Vitali Mikhailovich Zholobov (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов; born June 18, 1937 in Zburjevka, Ukraine) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on one space flight, Soyuz 21, as the flight engineer. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Buzz Aldrin, William Anders, Charles Bassett, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Roger Chaffee, Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Richard Gordon, Russell Schweickart, David Scott, Clifton Williams

All of the third group (except those who died) flew on the Apollo program - Aldrin, Bean, Cernan and Scott walked on the Moon. Five of them (Aldrin, Cernan, Collins, Gordon and Scott) also flew missions during the Gemini program.

Bassett, Chaffee, Freeman and Williams all died before they could fly in space - Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire, the others in plane crashes.

During the Apollo program, (1961-1975), the United States launched a total of 31 missions carrying astronauts into space: 6 in the Mercury program, 10 in the Gemini program, 11 in the Apollo program, 3 in the Skylab program, and 1 in the Apollo-Soyuz Test program. These 31 missions provided 71 individual flight opportunities: 6 in Mercury, 20 in Gemini, 33 in Apollo, 9 in Skylab, and 3 in Apollo-Soyuz. These 71 positions were filled by 43 individuals. Of these 43, 4 flew a total of 4 flights, 3 flew a total of 3 flights, 10 flew twice, and the remaining 26 flew only once. Thus only 17 flew more than once, and only seven flew more than twice. (Several later made additional flights on the Space Shuttle.)

Of the 31 Apollo-era flights, 2 were suborbital and 9 were lunar missions. The remaining 20 were earth orbital flights. The 9 lunar flights provided 27 individual lunar flight opportunities. These were filled by 24 individuals. Only 3 people flew to the Moon twice. The 6 successful lunar landing flights provided 12 individual lunar landing opportunities. These were filled by 12 individuals. No one landed on the Moon twice. Of those who landed on the Moon, 2 had already flown to the Moon once, 5 had made previous non-lunar flights, and 5 had no previous spaceflight experience.

All 6 Mercury flights and 3 of 10 Gemini flights had all-rookie crews, as did 1 of the 3 Skylab flights. All the Apollo missions included at least 1 veteran astronaut. Only 2 flights, the lunar landing mission and its dress-rehearsal, had all-veteran crews.

Colonel Buzz Eugene Aldrin, Sc. ... William A. Anders (born October 17, 1933) former National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut. ... Astronaut Charles Bassett NAME: Charles A. Bassett , II (Captain, USAF) NASA Astronaut (Deceased) // Personal data Bassett was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 30, 1931, and died February 28, 1966, in St. ... Alan Beans NASA photo Alan Bean (born March 15, 1932 in Wheeler, Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut. ... Eugene Cernan Gene in LM after EVA-3 Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former United States astronaut. ... Roger Chaffee Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 - January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. ... Walter Cunningham (born March 16, 1932 in Creston, Iowa) was an American astronaut. ... Donn F. Eisele June 23, 1930-December 2, 1987 was born in Columbus, Ohio and served as a Colonel in the USAF, as well as an astronaut with NASA. EDUCATION: Graduated from West High School, Columbus, Ohio; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in... Theodore Cordy Freeman (born February 18, 1930, in Haverford, Pennsylvania; died October 31, 1964 at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas) was a NASA astronaut and a captain in the United States Air Force. ... Richard F. Gordon, Jr. ... Russell L. Rusty Schweickart (born October 25, 1935, in Neptune, New Jersey) is an American astronaut. ... David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) a former NASA Astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963 and is one of only twelve men who have walked on the moon. ... Clifton C.C. Williams (September 26, 1932 - October 5, 1967) was a NASA astronaut and USMC Major who was killed after a mechanical failure caused the flight controls in a T-38 he was piloting to stop responding. ... Apollo One is the official name given retroactively to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Drawing of Skylab with components labelled Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ...

1964

January 25 - Air Force Group 2 Supplemental - USSR 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Georgi Beregovoi

May 26 - Voskhod Group (Medical Group 1) - USSR Georgi Beregovoi Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi (Russian: ; April 15, 1921, Fedorovka, Donetsk Oblast of Ukrainian SSR – June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ...

Vladimir Benderov, Georgi Katys, Vasili Lazarev, Boris Polyakov, Aleksei Sorokin, Boris Yegorov

June 11 - Civilian Specialist Group 1 - USSR Vasili Grigoryevich Lazarev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Лазарев; February 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch. ... Boris Yegorov Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Борис Борисович Егоров; November 26, 1937, Moscow – September 12, 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ...

Konstantin Feoktistov

Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; born February 7, 1926 in Voronezh) was a cosmonaut and space engineer. ...

1965

June 1 - Journalist Group 1 - USSR 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

In 1965, three civilian journalists were selected for cosmonaut training in preparation for flight on a Voskhod mission. When the Voskhod programme was cancelled, Golovanov and Letunov were dismissed. Rebrov, on the other hand, stayed with the space programme as a journalist until 1974.

Yaroslav Golovanov, Yuri Letunov, Mikhail Rebrov

June 1 - Medical Group 2 - USSR Voskhod 1 The Voskhod programme (Russian: , translated as Sunrise) was a Soviet human spaceflight project. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

These physicians were selected for the long-duration Voskhod flights, all of which were subsequently cancelled to make way for the Moon programme. All three were dismissed at the beginning of the following year.

Yevgeni Illyin, Aleksandr Kiselyov, Yuri Senkevich

June 28 - Scientist group - USA Voskhod 1 The Voskhod programme (Russian: , translated as Sunrise) was a Soviet human spaceflight project. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... NASAs Astronaut Group 4 was the first group of Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA in June 1965. ...

Owen Garriott, Edward Gibson, Duane Graveline, Joseph Kerwin, Curt Michel, Harrison Schmitt

Graveline and Michel left NASA without flying in space. Schmitt walked on the Moon on Apollo 17. Garriott, Gibson and Kerwin all flew to Skylab. Garriott also flew on the Space Shuttle.

October 28 - Air Force Group 3 - USSR Owen Kay Garriott, Ph. ... Edward G. Gibson, Ph. ... NASA Astronaut Duane E. Graveline Duane Edgar Graveline (M.D.) was a NASA Astronaut. ... NAME: Joseph P. Kerwin, M.D. (Captain, MC, USN, Ret. ... NASA Astronaut Curtis Michel F. Curtis Michel was a NASA Astronaut. ... Dr. Harrison Hagan Jack Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is a geologist, astronaut and former U.S. senator. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... 1628 - The Siege of La Rochelle, which had been ongoing for 14 months, ends with Huguenot surrender 1664 - The Duke of York and Albanys Maritime Regiment of Foot later to be known as the Royal Marines is established. ...

This group of cosmonauts was selected for participation in five separate Soyuz programmes that the USSR was running. These included military programmes (with and without the Almaz/Salyut space stations) and two lunar programmes (only one of which aimed at an actual lunar landing). In the end, only the orbital programme and the space station programme went ahead, and few of the cosmonauts from this group ever were given the chance to fly.

Boris Belousov, Vladimir Degtyarov, Anatoli Fyodorov, Yuri Glazkov, Vitali Grishchenko, Veygeni Khludeyev, Leonid Kizim, Pyotr Klimuk, Gennadi Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Kramarenko, Mikhail Lisun, Aleksandr Petrushenko, Vladimir Preobrazhensky, Valeri Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi Sarafanov, Ansar Sharafutdinov, Vasili Shcheglov, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Eduard Stepanov, Valeri Voloshin, Oleg Yakovlev, Vyacheslav Zudov

November - USAF MOL Group 1 - USA The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. ... The Almaz (Алмаз - Diamond) program was a series of military space stations launched by the Soviet Union under cover of the Salyut program. ... The Salyut (Russian: Салют, Salute or Firework) program was a series of space stations launched by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. ... The space station Mir A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. ... Yuri Glazkov (born October 2, 1939 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a USSR cosmonaut. ... Leonid Kizim (born August 5, 1941) is a former Russian cosmonaut. ... Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільі́ч Кліму́к; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Komarovka, USSR (now in Belarus)) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. ... Valeri Rozhdestvensky was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR on February 13, 1939. ... Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сарафанов; (born January 1, 1942 in Sinenkie, died September 29, 2005) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission. ... Vyacheslav Zudov, born January 8, 1942 in Bor, Gorki Oblast, Russian SFSR, was a USSR cosmonaut. ...

Michael J. Adams, Albert H. Crews Jr., John L. Finley, Richard E. Lawyer, Lachlan Macleay, Francis G. Neubeck, James M. Taylor, Richard H. Truly. This group was selected for training for the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. Of this group, only Richard Truly transferred to NASA after the cancellation of the MOL program and later flew on the Space Shuttle. Truly would later become the first astronaut to become NASA Administrator in 1989.

Michael J. Adams with X-15 #1 (NASA) Michael J. Adams (born in Sacramento, California on 5 May 1930, died 15 November 1967) was an American aviator and NASA astronaut. ... Albert Hanlin Crews, Jr is a retired astronaut and Colonel in the United States Air Force. ... Richard H. Truly Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former astronaut, and was the 8th Administrator of NASA from 1989 to 1992. ... Manned Orbiting Laboratory early 1960 conceptual drawing that did not use the Gemini spacecraft. ...

1966

April 4 - 1966 NASA Group - USA 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... NASAs Astronaut Group 5 selected by NASA in April 1966. ...

Vance Brand, John S. Bull, Gerald Carr, Charles Duke, Joseph Engle, Ronald Evans, Edward Givens, Fred Haise, James Irwin, Don Lind, Jack Lousma, Thomas Mattingly, Bruce McCandless II, Edgar Mitchell, William Pogue, Stuart Roosa, John Swigert, Paul Weitz, Alfred Worden. This group -- except John Bull, who left NASA; Edward Givens, who died; Joseph Engle, who was bumped from Apollo 17 for Harrison Schmidt; and Bruce McCandless and Don Lind, who were candidates for one of three cancelled Apollo flights -- flew on all Apollo flights after Apollo 12. Fred Haise and John Swigert flew on Apollo 13, the latter replacing Thomas Mattingly after he was scrubbed due to rubella exposure -- he later flew on Apollo 16. Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa both flew on Apollo 14 with Alan Shepherd, while Alfred Worden and James Irwin flew with David Scott on Apollo 15. Charles Duke, who was CAPCOM for Apollo 11, flew on Apollo 16 with John Young and Mattingly, while Ron Evans served as Command Module Pilot with Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on Apollo 17. Paul Weitz, Jack Lousma, and William Pogue flew aboard Skylab on separate missions, while Vance Brand, a backup Skylab astronaut, flew aboard ASTP with Thomas Stafford and Deke Slayton in 1975. Joseph Engle and Fred Haise, in 1977, commanded crews on the Space Shuttle Enterprise landing tests, with Engle, Mattingly, Bruce McCandless, and Don Lind later flying actual Space Shuttle flights. Engle, with MOL transferee Richard H. Truly, would command the last all-rookie U.S. spaceflight crew (STS-3) in November, 1982, as current NASA policy requires that the Shuttle commander be an expierenced astronaut.

May 23 - Civilian Specialist Group 2 - USSR Vance DeVoe Brand is a former NASA astronaut. ... John S. Bull Dr. John Sumpter Bull (Ph. ... Gerald P. Carr is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. ... Charles Moss Duke, Jr. ... Joseph Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Dickinson County, Kansas) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. ...  Ronald Evans (right) poses with Harrison Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan (seated) for an Apollo 17 publicity photo Ronald E. Evans (November 10, 1933 - April 7, 1990) (Captain, USN Ret. ... Edward Givens Edward Galen (Ed) Givens Jr (January 5, 1930 - June 6, 1967) was a NASA astronaut selected in the 1966 Original 19 group. ... Fred Haise Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. ... Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin James Irwins Apollo 15 space suit James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. ... Don Leslie Lind is a former NASA astronaut who was born in Midvale, Utah on May 18, 1930. ... Jack Robert Lousma [Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Thomas Kenneth (Ken) Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C missions. ... McCandless helped develop the MMU and was first to test it on STS-41-B in 1984 Captain Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former naval aviator with the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. ... Edgar Mitchell (right) poses with Stuart Roosa (left) and Alan Shepard (center) Edgar D. Mitchell, Sc. ... William Reid Pogue (born January 23, 1930) was an American astronaut. ... Stuart Roosa (left) poses with Alan Shepard (middle) and Edgar Mitchell (right) Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 - December 12, 1994) was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. ... John Leonard Jack Swigert, Jr. ... Astronaut Paul J. Weitz Paul J. Weitz (pronounced WHITES) (born July 25, 1932) was an American astronaut who flew in space twice. ... Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July_August 1971. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ... Link title // Headline text This article is about the Moon mission. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the moon. ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ... Drawing of Skylab with components labelled Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ... Richard H. Truly Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former astronaut, and was the 8th Administrator of NASA from 1989 to 1992. ... STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...

Sergei Anokhin, Vladimir Bugrov, Gennadi Dolgopolov, Georgi Grechko, Valeri Kubasov, Oleg Makarov, Vladislav Volkov, Aleksei Yeliseyev

June 30 - USAF MOL Group 2 - USA Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; born May 25, 1931 in Leningrad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, and Soyuz T-14. ... Valeri Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Кубасов; born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. ... Oleg Grigorievich Makarov (Russian: Олег Григорьевич Макаров; January 6, 1933 – May 28, 2003) was a Russian cosmonaut. ... Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; born November 23, 1935, Moscow – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. ... Aleksei Yeliseyev Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...

Karol Bobko, Robert Crippen, Gordon Fullerton, Henry Hartsfield, Robert Overmyer. This group was selected for training for the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. All transferred to NASA after the MOL program was cancelled and all five flew on the Space Shuttle as pilot astronauts.

Karol J. Bobko (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ... Official STS-1 portrait of Robert L. Crippen, May 7, 1979 Robert Laurel Crippen (b. ... C. Gordon Fullerton is a research pilot at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. ... Henry Warren (Hank) Hartsfield, Jr. ... NAME: Robert F. Overmyer (Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Manned Orbiting Laboratory early 1960 conceptual drawing that did not use the Gemini spacecraft. ...

1967

January 31 - Civilian Specialist Group 2 Supplemental - USSR 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Vitali Sevastyanov

May 7 - Air Force Group 4 - USSR Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников; September 18, 1932, Tomsk – October 19, 2002) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. ... Vitali Ivanovich Sevastyanov, cyrillic Виталий Иванович Севастьянов, (born July 8, 1935 in Krasnouralsk) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ...

Vladimir Alekseyev, Vladimir Beloborodov, Mikhail Burdayev, Sergei Gaidukov, Vladimir Isakov, Vladimir Kovalyanok, Vladimir Kozelsky, Vladimir Lyakhov, Yuri Malyshev, Viktor Pisarev, Nikolai Porvatkin, Mikhail Sologub

May 22 - Academy of Sciences Group - USSR Vladimir Lyakhov was born in Antratsit, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, USSR (now the Ukraine) on July 20, 1941. ... Yuri Malyshev was born in Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast, Russian SFSR on August 27, 1941. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ...

Mars Fathulin, Rudolf Gulyayev, Ordinard Kolomitsev, Vsevolod Yegorov, Valentin Yershov

June - USAF MOL Group 3 - USA

James A. Abrahamson, Robert T. Herres, Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., Donald H. Peterson. This group was selected for training for the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.

October 4 - Scientist group - USA Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. ... Donald H. Peterson (Colonel, USAF, ret. ... Manned Orbiting Laboratory early 1960 conceptual drawing that did not use the Gemini spacecraft. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Joseph Allen, Philip Chapman, Anthony England, Karl Henize, Donald Holmquest, William B. Lenoir, John Llewellyn, Story Musgrave, Brian O'Leary, Robert B. Parker, William Thornton. This second group of Scientist-Astronauts were chosen to fly as backup crew members for the last three Apollo missions, or as backup crew members for Skylab. Except for Holmquest, Llewellyn, and O'Leary, the rest of this group flew as mission specialists during the Space Shuttle program, with Story Musgrave being the last one to retire in 1998.

Joseph Allen was a Bishop of Bristol from 1834 to 1836. ... Astronaut Philip K. Chapman Dr. Philip Kenyon Chapman was the first Australian astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967). ... Anthony W. England (Ph. ... Karl G. Henize, Ph. ... Note: this is not the William Lenoir that Lenoir County, North Carolina is named after. ... Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is a retired NASA Astronaut. ... Brian OLeary was the planetary scientist in the NASA astronaut corps during the Apollo program, the Deputy team leader for NASA Mariner 10 Venus-Mercury television science team. ... Robert B. Parkers novel Cold Service Robert B. Parker (born September 17, 1932) is an acclaimed American writer of detective fiction. ... William Edgar Thornton (M.D.) NASA Astronaut (former) Personal data Born in Faison, North Carolina, on April 14, 1929. ...

1968

May 27 - Civilian Specialist Group 3 - USSR 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ...

Vladimir Fartushny, Viktor Patsayev, Valeri Yazdovsky

Viktor Patsayev Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Пацаев; June 19, 1933, Aktuybinsk – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight. ...

1969

September 10 - Civilian Engineer Group - USSR 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...

Anatoli Demyanenko, Valeri Makrushin, Dmitri Yuyukov

1970

April 27 - Air Force Group 5 - USSR 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...

Anatoli Berezovoi, Aleksandr Dedkov, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Nikolai Fefelov, Valeri Illarianov, Yuri Isaulov, Vladimir Kozlov, Leonid Popov, Yuri Romanenko

Vladimir Dzhanibekov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков; born May 13, 1942) was a cosmonaut who made five flights. ... Born in Aleksandriya, Kirovograd Oblast, Ukrainian SSR on [August 31], 1945. ... Roman Yurievich Romanenko (Major, Russian Air Force) (born August 9, 1971, in Schelkovo, near Moscow) is a test-cosmonaut at the Yu. ...

1971

February 25 - 1971 Scientific Group - USSR 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Gurgen Ivanyan

May - Shuguang Group 1970 - China

Chai Hongliang, Dong Xiaohai, Du Jincheng, Fang Guojun, Hu Zhanzi, Li Shichang, Liu Chongfu, Liu Zhongyi, Lu Xiangxiao, Ma Zizhong, Meng Senlin, Shao Zhijian, Wang Fuhe, Wang Fuquan, Wang Quanbo, Wang Rongsen, Wang Zhiyue, Yu Guilin, Zhang Ruxiang

1972

March 22 - Civilian Specialist Group 4 - USSR 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ...

Boris Andreyev, Valentin Lebedev, Yuri Ponomaryov

March 22 - Medical Group 3 - USSR Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. ... 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ...

Georgi Machinski, Valeri Polyakov, Lev Smirenny

Valeri Polyakov Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: , Valeriy Vladmirovič Poljakov) (born April 27, 1942) is the Russian cosmonaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months during one trip. ...

1973

March 27 - Civilian Specialist Group 5 - USSR 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ...

Vladimir Aksyonov, Vladimir Gevorkyan, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Valeri Romanov, Valery Ryumin, Gennady Strekalov

Vladimir Aksyonov (born in Giblitsy, Kazimov Rayon, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR on February 1, 1935) is a Russian cosmonaut Married with two children. ... Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov (Александр Сергеевич Иванченков) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6, he spent 147 days 12 hours 37 minutes in space. ... Valery Victorovitch Ryumin (born August 16, 1939 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (October 26, 1940 - December 25, 2004) was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. ...

1974

January 1 - Physician Group - USSR 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...

Zyyadin Abuzyarov

1976

August 23 - Air Force Group 6 - USSR 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... This is the song that never ends yes it gos on and on my friends some people started singing it not knowing what it was they just started singing it forever just becauseThis is the song that never ends yes it gos on and on my friends some...

Leonid Ivanov, Leonid Kadenyuk, Nikolai Moskalenko, Sergei Protchenko, Yevgeni Saley, Anatoly Solovyev, Vladimir Titov, Vladimir Vasyutin, Alexander Volkov

November 25 - 1976 Intercosmos Group - USSR NAME: Leonid K. Kadenyuk NSAU Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born January 28, 1951, in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine. ... Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948, in Riga) is a former Russian pilot, cosmonaut, and Colonel. ... Col. ... Vladimir Vasyutin,(March 8, 1952, Kharkov, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - July 19, 2002) was a cosmonaut. ... Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (Russian: ) (born May 27, 1948) is a Russian cosmonaut. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Zenon Jankowski, Sigmund Jähn, Eberhard Köllner, Oldrich Pelcak, Vladimír Remek

The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Zenon Jankowski (b. ... Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German cosmonaut. ... Eberhard Kollner (born September 29, 1939 in Stassfurt, Germany) was selected for Soyuz 31 for Sigmund Jahn. ... Oldrich Peicak (born November 2, 1943 in Gottwaldov, Czech Republic) was a Czech cosmonaut and Engineer. ... Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) was the first Czech in space, and the first cosmonaut from neither the USSR or the USA. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, for seven days, 22 hours, and 17 minutes. ...

1978

January 16 - 1978 NASA Group - USA 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Do not change January 16 it preserves the date correctly formatted and stops robots from delinking it. ...

Due to the long delay between the last Apollo mission and the first flight of the Space Shuttle in 1981, few astronauts from the older groups stayed with NASA. Thus in 1978 a new group of 35 astronauts was selected after 9 years without new astronauts, including the first female astronauts, and also the first black astronaut Guion Bluford. Roughly every two years a new group was selected since then. Two different astronaut groups were formed, pilots and mission specialists. Additionally the shuttle program has payload specialists which are selected for a single mission and are not part of the astronaut corps - among them were mostly scientists, also a few politicians and many international astronauts.

Pilots: Daniel Brandenstein, Michael Coats, Richard Covey, John Creighton, Robert Gibson, Frederick Gregory, Frederick Hauck, Jon McBride, Francis "Dick" Scobee, Brewster Shaw, Loren Shriver, David Walker, Donald Williams

Mission specialists: Guion Bluford, James Buchli, John Fabian, Anna Fisher, Dale Gardner, David Griggs, Terry Hart, Steven Hawley, Jeffrey Hoffman, Shannon Lucid, Ronald McNair, Richard Mullane, Steven Nagel, George Nelson, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon, Robert Stewart, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Norman Thagard, James van Hoften

Of the first of the post-Apollo group, Sally Ride would become the first American woman in space (STS-7). Later, she would fly with Kathryn Sullivan on a later Shuttle flight, in which Sullivan would become the first American woman to perform an EVA. Dr. Thagard, who flew with Ride on STS-7, would later become the first American to be launched on a Russian rocket (Soyuz TM-18 or "Mir-18") to the Mir space station, while Shannon Lucid would serve on the Mir for slightly over 6 months, breaking all American space duration records (the Skylab 4 record and Thagard's) in 1996-97. Of this group, Scobee, Resnik, Onizuka, and McNair would perish in the Challenger Disaster.

March 1 - 1978 Intercosmos Group - USSR For other meanings, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Col. ... Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943, Watertown, Wisconsin) is a former NASA astronaut who flew four space shuttle missions. ... Michael L. Coats (Captain, USN) Michael L. Coats is a NASA astronaut born on January 16, 1946, in Sacramento, California, and raised in Riverside, California. ... Richard O. Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut. ... Born April 28, 1943 in Orange, Texas, John O. Creighton is a former NASA Astronaut who flew three space shuttle missions. ... Captain Robert L. Gibson is a former American astronaut. ... NASA Deputy Administrator NASA Headquarters Personal data Born January 7, 1941, in Washington, D.C. Married to the former Barbara Archer of Washington, D.C. They have two grown children. ... Astronaut Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck (pronounced HOWK) (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) is a former NASA Astronaut. ... Jon A. McBride (Captain, USN, Ret. ... Dick Scobee Francis Richard Dick Scobee (May 19, 1939 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. ... BREWSTER H. SHAW, JR. (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born May 16, 1945, in Cass City, Michigan. ... Loren J. Shriver (born 23 September 1944), is a NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Airforce Colonel. ... Official portrait of STS-53 commander David M. Walker David Mathieson Walker (May 20, 1944 - April 23, 2001), (Captain, USN, Retired) was a United States astronaut for NASA. Personal Data Born May 20, 1944, in Columbus, Georgia. ... Captain Donald E. Williams (United States Navy, Retired) (born 13 February 1942) is a former NASA astronaut. ... Col. ... James F. Buchli (Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Born January 28, 1939, in Goosecreek, Texas, John M. Fabian is a former NASA Astronaut who flew two space shuttle missions. ... Anna L. Fisher, M.D., (born August 24, 1949) is a NASA astronaut. ... Born November 8, 1948 in Fairmont, Minnesota, Dale A. Gardner is a former NASA Astronaut who flew two missions for NASA in the early 1980s. ... NAME:S. David Griggs (Mr. ... Terry Jonathan Hart (b. ... Steven A. Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a NASA mission-specialist astronaut, who has made 5 spaceflights so far. ... Jeffrey A. Hoffman (Ph. ... Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American astronaut who holds the record for the longest duration stay in space by a woman. ... Ronald Ewald McNair, Ph. ... NASA Astronaut R. Michael Mullane Richard Michael Mike Mullane (Colonel, USAF) is a former NASA Mission Specialist astronaut. ... Steven R. Nagel (October 27, 1946) is a retired Colonel in the USAF and a former NASA astronaut. ... George D. Nelson (nickname Pinky) (b. ... Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where he was serving as mission specialist on mission STS-51-L. // Early life Ellison Onizuka was the oldest son and second... Judith Resnik Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. Born in Akron, Ohio, Dr. Resnik received a B.S. in electrical engineering from... Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride (b. ... Margaret Rhea Seddon, M.D. (born November 8, 1947) is a former NASA Astronaut. ... Robert L. Stewart is a retired Brigadier General of the United States Army and former NASA astronaut. ... Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space when she performed an EVA during Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G on 1984 October 11. ... Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943) is an astronaut for NASA. Early life He was born in Marianna, Florida, but considers Jacksonville, Florida, to be his hometown. ... James D. A. Ox van Hoften is a former NASA Astronaut. ... STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched June 18, 1983. ... Crew Launched: Viktor Afanasyev (2) Yury Usachev (2) Valeri Polyakov (2) Landed: Viktor Afanasyev (2) Yury Usachev (2) Mission Parameters Mass: 7150 kg Perigee: 244 km Apogee: 335 km Inclination: 51. ... Meanings of MIR: Mail-in rebate Medical Inspection Room - the place for sick parade in most British and Commonwealth militaries and many NGOs. ... Skylab 4 or SL-4 was the fourth Skylab mission. ... STS-51-L was the 25th launch of a Space Shuttle and the tenth launch of the Challenger. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...

Aleksandr P. Aleksandrov, Dumitru Dediu, Jose Lopez Falcon, Bertalan Farkas, Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig, Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, Georgi Ivanov, Bela Magyari, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Dumitru Prunariu

May 1 - Payload Specialists - ESA Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (born December 1, 1951, Omurtag, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian cosmonaut. ... Dumitru Dediu (May 12, 1942 in Galati, Romania) was a Romanian Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel of the Romanian Air Force. ... José Armando López Falcón (born February 8, 1950 in Havanna, Cuba) was Captain and Pilot of the Air Force. ... Bertalan Farkas Bertalan Farkas (born August 2, 1949) was the first Hungarian cosmonaut and was the first Hungarian and the first Esperantist in space. ... Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig (February 5, 1949) was born in Tsetserleg, Mongolia and graduated from the Kiev Politechnical University in 1975. ... Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, aka Gurragcha Sansar (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian cosmonaut and the second Asian in space. ... Georgi Ivanov This article is about Georgi Ivanov the cosmonaut. ... Béla Magyari (born August 8, 1949 in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary) was Lieutenant Colonel of the Hungarian Air Force. ... Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Cuban Mulatto Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. ... Dumitru Prunariu Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (born September 27, 1952) is a Romanian astronaut. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...

Ulf Merbold, Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels, Franco Malerba

Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) was the first West German and second German astronaut. ... Claude Nicollier in a picture from ESA website. ... Wubbo Johannes Ockels is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. ... NAME: Franco Malerba (Ph. ...

1979

April 1 - 1979 Intercosmos Group - USSR This page refers to the year 1979. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...

Tuân Pham, Thanh Liem Bui

Phạm Tuân Phạm Tuân (born February 14, 1947) was the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, the first Asian in space. ... Thanh Liem Bui (June 30, 1949-September 26, 1981) was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. ...

1980

May 29 - NASA Group - USA 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...

Pilots: John Blaha, Charles Bolden, Roy Bridges, Guy Gardner, Ronald Grabe, Bryan O'Connor, Richard Richards, Michael Smith

Mission specialists: James Bagian, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, William Fisher, David Hilmers, David Leestma, John Lounge, Jerry Ross, Sherwood Spring, Robert Springer

International mission specialists: Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels

Of this group, Michael Smith would perish in the Challenger Disaster while John Blaha would fly aboard the Mir space station. Jerry Ross and Franklin Chang-Diaz currently jointly hold the record of number of manned spaceflights flown at seven.

John E. Blaha (Colonel, United States Air Force, Retired) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas. ... Charles F. Bolden, Jr. ... ROY D. BRIDGES, JR. CENTER DIRECTOR JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA Roy D. Bridges, Jr. ... Guy Gardner (born January 6, 1948) is a United States astronaut. ... Ronald J. Grabe (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ... Bryan D. OConnor (Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Richard (Dick) N. Richards (b. ... Michael Smith or Mike Smith is a relatively common name in the English-speaking world. ... James P. Bagian, M.D., P.E. NASA Astronaut Personal Data Born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Franklin Chang-Diaz Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz (born 5 April 1950) is a Costa Rican-[[Anabel Solis--24. ... Astronaut Mary L. Cleave Mary L. Cleave (Ph. ... Bonnie J. Dunbar (Ph. ... People named William Fisher William Frederick Fisher, American astronaut William Wordsworth Fisher, British admiral William W. Fisher III, Ph. ... David C. Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut. ... David C. Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is an American astronaut. ... John M. Mike Lounge is a former NASA astronaut. ... Jerry Ross Jerry L. Ross (January 20 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is an American astronaut and a veteran of seven space shuttle missions. ... Sherwood C. Spring (nickname Woody) is a retired United States Army Colonel and former NASA astronaut. ... Robert C. Springer (born May 21, 1942) was an American astronaut during the early years of NASAs Space Shuttle program. ... Claude Nicollier in a picture from ESA website. ... Wubbo Johannes Ockels is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. ... STS-51-L was the 25th launch of a Space Shuttle and the tenth launch of the Challenger. ... Meanings of MIR: Mail-in rebate Medical Inspection Room - the place for sick parade in most British and Commonwealth militaries and many NGOs. ...

1982

December 1 - Payload Specialists - Germany 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Reinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid

Reinhard Alfred Furrer (November 25, 1940 - September 9, 1995) was a German scientist and astronaut. ... Ernst Willi Messerschmid (born May 21, 1945) is a German physicist and veteran astronaut. ...

1984

May 23 - NASA Group - USA 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...

Pilots: Kenneth Cameron, John Casper, Frank Culbertson, Sidney Gutierrez, Blaine Hammond, Michael McCulley, James Wetherbee

Mission specialists: James Adamson, Ellen Baker, Mark Brown, Sonny Carter, Marsha Ivins, Mark Lee, David Low, William Shepherd, Kathryn Thornton, Charles Veach

Kenneth D. Cameron (Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... John Casper (born July 9, 1943) is an American astronaut born in Georgia. ... Frank L Culbertson Jr (Captain, USN, Retired) is a former NASA astronaut. ... Sidney M. Gutierrez (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ... L. Blaine Hammond, Jr. ... Astronaut Michael J. McCulley Michael J. McCulley (Captain, USN, Ret. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1952 births | Astronauts ... James Adamson can refer to: James C. Adamson (b. ... Ellen S. Baker, M.D., M.P.H. Lead Astronaut for Medical Issues, Johnson Space Center Personal Data Born April 27, 1953, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but considers New York City her hometown. ... For Mark Brown, NASA astronaut, go to Mark N. Brown For Mark Brown, bassist of Princes Revolution, go to Brownmark For Mark Malloch Brown, United Nations staffer, go to Mark Malloch Brown This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Manley Lanier Sonny Carter, Jr. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1951 births | Astronauts ... MARK C. LEE (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born August 14, 1952, in Viroqua, Wisconsin. ... Sir David Alexander Cecil Low (7 April 1891–19 September 1963) drew political cartoons. ... William Shepherd There was also a Member of Parliament by the same name, see William Shepherd William M. Shepherd (born July 26, 1949) is an American astronaut who served as commander of the Expedition One crew on the International Space Station. ... Kathryn C. Thornton (Ph. ... Charles Lacy Veach is a NASA astronaut. ...

1985

June 4 - NASA Group - USA This article is about the year. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Michael Baker, Robert Cabana, Brian Duffy, Terence Henricks, Stephen Oswald, Stephen Thorne

Mission specialists: Jerome Apt, Charles Gemar, Linda Godwin, Richard Hieb, Tamara Jernigan, Carl Meade, Pierre Thuot

Thorne was killed in the crash of a private airplane before his first flight assignment.

August 1 - 1985 NASDA Group - Japan Michael Baker can refer to: Michael A. Baker, a NASA astronaut Michael Baker, a Nova Scotia politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Robert D. Cabana (Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Brian Duffy Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ... Terence T. Tom Henricks (Colonel, USAF, Retired) NASA Astronaut (former) Personal data Born July 5, 1952, in Bryan, Ohio, but considers Woodville, Ohio, to be his hometown. ... Stephen S. Oswald, a NASA Astronaut. ... Jerome (Jay) Apt (born April 28, 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American astronaut. ... Lt. ... Linda M. Godwin (Ph. ... Richard J. Hieb (born September 21, 1955) is a NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. ... Tamara E. (Tammy) Jernigan (born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American astronaut. ... Carl J. Meade (Colonel, USAF) NASA Astronaut Personal data Born November 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. ... NAME: Pierre J. Thuot (pronounced THOO-it) (Commander, USN) NASA Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born May 19, 1955, in Groton, Connecticut, but considers Fairfax, Virginia, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, to be his hometowns. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...

Mamoru Mohri, Chiaki Mukai, Takao Doi

External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1948 births | Japanese astronauts ... Chiaki Mukai (向井千秋 Mukai Chiaki, born May 6, 1952) (M.D., Ph. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | Astronauts ...

1987

June 12 - NASA Group - USA 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Andrew M. Allen, Kenneth Bowersox, Curtis Brown, Kevin Chilton, Donald McMonagle, William Readdy, Kenneth Reightler

Mission specialists: Thomas Akers, Jan Davis, Michael Foale, Gregory Harbaugh, Mae Jemison, Bruce Melnick, Mario Runco, James Voss

August 3 - 1998 Payload Specialists - Germany Andrew Michael Andy Allen (born 4 August 1955) is a retired United States Astronaut. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | United States astronauts | Crew members of ISS Expeditions | Naval aviators | U.S. Navy officers | 1956 births ... Curtis Brown Curtis L. Brown, Jr. ... Kevin P. Chilton (b November 3, 1954) is a Major General in the USAF who was also a NASA astronaut. ... Donald R. McMonagle (b. ... William F. Readdy is the Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, in NASA Headquarters. ... Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. ... Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951 in St. ... Jan Davis N. Jan Davis (b. ... Colin Michael Foale PhD CBE (born 6 January 1957) is a British-born astronaut with dual UK-US citizenship; he is a veteran of four space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. ... GREGORY J. HARBAUGH (MR.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born April 15, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Mae Jemison Mae Carol Jemison, M.D. (born October 17, 1956) was the first African-American woman to travel to space. ... Bruce E. Melnick is a former NASA astronaut born in 1949. ... Mario Runco, Jr. ... James S. Voss (Col. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...

Renate Brümmer, Hans Schlegel, Gerhard Thiele, Heike Walpot, Ulrich Walter

External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1951 births | German astronauts ... NASA portrait Gerhard Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German astronaut. ... Ulrich Walter (born February 9, 1954) is a German astronaut and physicist/engineer. ...

1990

January 17 - NASA Group - USA This article is about the year. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pilots: Kenneth Cockrell, Eileen Collins, William G. Gregory, James Halsell, Charles Precourt, Richard Searfoss, Terrence Wilcutt

Mission specialists: Daniel Bursch, Leroy Chiao, Michael Clifford, Bernard Harris, Susan Helms, Thomas David Jones, William McArthur, James Newman, Ellen Ochoa, Ronald Sega, Nancy Currie, Donald A. Thomas, Janice Voss

Collins would go on to be the first female shuttle pilot and later the first female shuttle commander.

October 8 - 1990 Germany Kenneth Dale Taco Cockrell (born 9 April 1950) is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions. ... Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins (b. ... William George Borneo Gregory (b. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1956 births | Astronauts ... Charles J. Precourt (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ... RICHARD A. SEARFOSS (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but considers Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be his hometown. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1949 births | Astronauts ... Daniel W. Bursch (CAPTAIN, USN) (born July 25, 1957) is a NASA astronaut. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Michael Richard Clifford Personal data Born October 13, 1952 in San Bernadino, California, but considers Ogden, Utah, to be his hometown. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Susan J. Helms (Colonel, USAF) NASA Astronaut (former) Personal data Born February 26, 1958, in Charlotte, North Carolina, but considers Portland, Oregon, to be her hometown. ... Thomas David Jones (born January 22, 1955) was a United States astronaut. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: People stubs | 1951 births | Astronauts ... James H. Newman (Ph. ... Ellen Lauri Ochoa is a NASA astronaut who has flown four space shuttle flights. ... Ronald M. Sega (Ph. ... Nancy Jane Currie, Ph. ... Dr. Donald A. Thomas, Ph. ... NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1956 births | Astronauts ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ...

Reinhold Ewald, Klaus-Dietrich Flade

Reinhold Ewald (born December 18, 1956) is a German physicist and astronaut. ... Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born August 23, 1952) is a German pilot and former cosmonaut. ...

1992

March 31 - NASA Group - USA 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Scott Horowitz, Brent Jett, Kevin Kregel, Kent Rominger

Mission specialists: Daniel Barry, Charles Brady, Catherine Coleman, Michael Gernhardt, John Grunsfeld, Wendy Lawrence, Jerry Linenger, Richard Linnehan, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Scott Parazynski, Winston Scott, Steven Smith, Joseph Tanner, Andrew Thomas, Mary Weber

International mission specialists: Marc Garneau (Canada), Chris Hadfield (Canada), Maurizio Cheli (Italy), Jean-François Clervoy (France), Koichi Wakata (Japan)

Beginning with this NASA Group, international astronauts representing their home country's space agencies were brought in and trained alongside their NASA counterparts as full-fledged mission specialists, eligible to be assigned to any shuttle mission.

April - 1992 NASDA Group - Japan External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1957 births | Astronauts ... Brent W. Jett, Jr. ... Kevin R. Kregel Space Launch Initiative Project, Engineering Directorate, Johnson Space Center Personal data Born September 16, 1956. ... Kent Rominger Kent Rominger (b. ... Astronaut Daniel T. Barry Daniel T. Barry (M.D., Ph. ... Charles E. Brady, Jr. ... Catherine Coleman, a. ... Michael L. Gernhardt (Ph. ... NASA Chief Scientist/Astronaut Personal Data Born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Wendy B. Lawrence (Captain, USN) NASA Astronaut Personal data Born July 2, 1959, in Jacksonville, Florida. ... Jerry M. Linenger, M.D., M.S.S.M., M.P.H., Ph. ... Richard M. Linnehan (DVM) NASA Astronaut Personal data Born September 19, 1957, in Lowell, Massachusetts. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1958 births | Astronauts ... Scott E. Parazynski, M.D. (b. ... Winston E. Scott is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. ... Steven Smith (born 1958), is a United States astronaut. ... Joseph R. Joe Tanner, born in Illinois in 1950, is a NASA astronaut. ... Andy Thomas (Astronaut) Andrew Andy S.W. Thomas (born December 18, 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Astronaut working for NASA. He received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering, with First Class Honors, from the University of Adelaide in 1973, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from... Mary Ellen Weber, PhD, is a former NASA astronaut. ... Captain (N) Dr. Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau CC, CD, Ph. ... Image:Chris Hadfield. ... Maurizio Cheli Maurizio Cheli (born in Modena, 4 May 1959) is an Italian astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. ... Jean-Francois Clervoy Jean-François André Clervoy (born 19 November 1958) is a French spationaut an a veteran of three NASA space shuttle missions. ... Koichi Wakata Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. ...

Koichi Wakata

May 15 - ESA Koichi Wakata Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...

Maurizio Cheli (Italy), Jean-François Clervoy (France), Pedro Duque (Spain), Christer Fuglesang (Sweden), Marianne Merchez (Belgium), Thomas Reiter (Germany)

Maurizio Cheli Maurizio Cheli (born in Modena, 4 May 1959) is an Italian astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. ... Jean-Francois Clervoy Jean-François André Clervoy (born 19 November 1958) is a French spationaut an a veteran of three NASA space shuttle missions. ... Pedro Francisco Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions. ... Christer Fuglesang Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957) is a Swedish astronaut. ... Marianne Merchez (b. ... Thomas Reiter Thomas Reiter (born May 23, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany) is an astronaut with the European Space Agency and is a colonel in the Luftwaffe. ...

1994

December 12 - NASA Group - USA 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Scott Altman, Jeffrey Ashby, Michael Bloomfield, Joe Edwards, Dominic Gorie, Rick Husband, Steven Lindsey, Pamela Melroy, Susan (Still) Kilrain, Frederick Sturckow

Mission specialists: Michael Anderson, Robert Curbeam, Kalpana Chawla, Kathryn Hire, Janet Kavandi, Edward Lu, Carlos Noriega, James Reilly, Stephen Robinson

International mission specialists: Jean-Loup Chrétien (France), Takao Doi (Japan), Michel Tognini (Italy), Dafydd Williams (Canada)

Husband, Anderson, and Chawla were crewmembers on the final Columbia mission.

Scott D. Altman Scott D. Altman (born 15 August 1959) is an NASA astronaut, United States Navy Captain, and veteran of three space shuttle missions. ... Jeffrey Ashby Jeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 1954) is an American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. ... Michael Bloomfield is the name of: Michael J. Bloomfield, an astronaut Mike Bloomfield, a guitarist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: People stubs | 1957 births | Naval aviators | U.S. Navy officers | United States astronauts ... Rick D. Husband (larger image) Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Steven W. Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a NASA astronaut and Colonel in the USAF. Lindsey was born in Arcadia, California, although e considers Temple City, California to be his hometown. ... Colonel Pamela Anne Melroy (born 17 September 1961) is an American astronaut and veteran pilot of two space shuttle missions. ... Susan L. Kilrain Susan L. Kilrain(Commander, USN) is a former NASA astronaut, born on October 24, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia. ... FREDERICK W. “RICK” STURCKOW (LIEUTENANT COLONEL, USMC) NASA ASTRONAUT PERSONAL DATA: Born August 11, 1961, in La Mesa, California but considers Lakeside, California to be his hometown. ... Michael P. Anderson was an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107. ... Robert Curbeam Robert Curbeam (b. ... {{Infobox Astronaut | name =Kalpana Chawla | image =kalpanachawla. ... Captain Kathryn P. (Kay) Hire of the U.S. Naval Reserve is a NASA Astronaut. ... NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1959 births | Astronauts ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1963 births | Astronauts | Chinese Americans | Chinese American scientists ... Carlos I. Noriega (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Stephen Robinson Stephen K. Robinson is a NASA astronaut. ... Spationaut Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup J.M. Chrétien, retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) of the Armée de lAir (French air force), spationaut on several Franco-Soviet space missions, and former NASA mission specialist. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | Astronauts ... This article needs cleanup. ... Dafydd Williams Dafydd Williams (b. ...

1995

1995 NASDA Group - Japan 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Takao Doi

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1996

May 1 - NASA Group - USA 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...

David Brown, Daniel Burbank, Yvonne Cagle, Fernando Caldeiro, Charles Camarda, Duane Carey, Laurel Clark, Michael Fincke, Patrick Forrester, Stephen Frick, John Herrington, Joan Higginbotham, Charles Hobaugh, James M. Kelly, Mark Kelly, Scott Kelly, Paul Lockhart, Christopher Loria, Sandra Magnus, Michael Massimino, Richard Mastracchio, William McCool, Lee Morin, Lisa Nowak, Donald Pettit, John Phillips, Mark Polansky, Paul Richards, Piers Sellers, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Daniel Tani, Rex Walheim, Peggy Whitson, Jeffrey Williams, Stephanie Wilson

International mission specialists: Pedro Duque (Spain), Christer Fuglesang (Sweden), Umberto Guidoni (Italy), Steven MacLean (Canada), Mamoru Mohri (Japan), Soichi Noguchi (Japan), Julie Payette (Canada), Philippe Perrin (France), Gerhard Thiele (Germany)

Brown, Clark, and McCool were crewmembers on the final Columbia mission. Mark and Scott Kelly are twin brothers, James Kelly is not related. Loria resigned from his shuttle mission due to injury and never flew before retiring from the astronaut corps.

October - China Group 1996 - China David Brown may refer to: David M. Brown — American astronaut (1956–2003). ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1961 births | Astronauts ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), NASA Astronaut. ... Laurel Clark Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester Patrick G. Forrester (Colonel, USA) NASA Astronaut Personal data Born March 31, 1957 in El Paso, Texas. ... Stephen Frick Stephen N. Frick (born 30 September 1964) is an American astronaut and a veteran of one space shuttle mission. ... Note: You may also be looking for U.S. politician John S. Herrington. ... Joan Higginbotham is an American astronaut. ... Charles Owen Hobaugh (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC) NASA Astronaut Personal data Born November 5, 1961 in Bar Harbor, Maine. ... See also: James Kelly (disambiguation). ... Mark Kelly is the keyboard player of the progressive rock band Marillion. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1956 births | Astronauts ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1964 births | Astronauts ... Astronaut Michael J. Massimino Michael J. Massimino (Ph. ... Rick Mastracchio is a NASA astronaut, born February 11, 1960 in Waterbury, Connecticut. ... William C. Willie McCool (September 23, 1961 - February 1, 2003) was an United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107 who was killed when the craft disentegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Lee M.E. Morin, Ph. ... Lisa Nowak is an astronaut who will fly her first mission into space onboard the NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-121. ... Donald Pettit Donald Roy Pettit (born 20 April 1955) is an American astronaut, a veteran of a six month stay aboard the International Space Station. ... John L. Phillips, PhD (b. ... Mark L. Polansky, a former NASA astronaut, was born June 2, 1956 in Paterson, New Jersey, but considers Edison, New Jersey, his hometown. ... Paul Richards can refer to different people: Paul W. Richards, an astronaut Paul Richards, a baseball player, manager, scout and executive This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Piers Sellers Piers John Sellers (born 11 April 1955) is a British-born American astronaut and veteran of a single space shuttle mission. ... Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was an astronaut of America and served as a Mission Specialist. ... Daniel M. Tani, former NASA astronaut, was born February 1, 1961 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hometown. ... This article needs cleanup. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1960 births | Astronauts ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1958 births | Astronauts ... stephanie wilson is a hot chick. ... Pedro Francisco Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions. ... Christer Fuglesang Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957) is a Swedish astronaut. ... Umberto Guidoni Umberto Guidoni (born in Rome, 18 August 1954) is an Italian astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. ... Canadian Astronaut Steven MacLean Steven MacLean (b. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1948 births | Japanese astronauts ... Soichi Noguchi Soichi Noguchi (野口聡一 Noguchi Sōichi), born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan, is a Japanese astronaut. ... Julie Payette (NASA) Julie Payette (born October 20, 1963 in Montréal, Québec) is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who currently works primarily with the United Statess National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ... Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) is (accurate at January 2005) a former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut. ... NASA portrait Gerhard Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German astronaut. ...

Li Qinglong, Wu Jie

Li Qinglong (born August 1962) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Wu Jie (born August 1963) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ...

1997

Israel 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Itzhak Mayo, Ilan Ramon

Ramon was a Payload Specialist on the final Columbia mission.

Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון) (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and later Israels first astronaut and space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated during reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ...

1998

January - Chinese Group 1 - China 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Chen Quan, Deng Qingming, Fèi Jùnlóng, Jing Haipeng, Liu Boming, Liu Wang, Niè Hǎishèng, Pan Zhanchun, Yang Liwei, Zhai Zhigang, Zhang Xiaoguan, Zhao Chuandong

June 4 - NASA Group - USA Chen Quan (Chinese: 陈權) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Deng Qingming (Chinese: 邓清明) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Colonel Fèi Jùnlóng (Simplified Chinese: 费俊龙; Traditional Chinese: 費俊龍) (born 1965) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Jing Haipeng is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Liu Boming is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Liu Wang (born 1970) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Colonel Niè Hǎishèng (Simplified Chinese: 聂海胜; Traditional Chinese: 聶海勝) (born October 13, 1964) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Pan Zhanchun is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Dr. Yáng Lìwěi (Simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; Traditional Chinese: 楊利偉) (born June 21, 1965) is an astronaut (hangtianyuan) or Taikonaut (or yuhangyuans) and the Peoples Republic of Chinas first man in space. ... Zhai Zhigang (Chinese: 翟志刚) (born 10 October 1966) is a Chinese astronaut (or yuhangyuans) selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Zhang Xiaoguan is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Zhao Chuandong is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Lee Archambault, Christopher Ferguson, Kenneth Ham, Gregory C. Johnson, Gregory H. Johnson, William Oefelein, Alan Poindexter, George Zamka

Mission Specialists: Clayton Anderson, Tracy Caldwell, Gregory Chamitoff, Timothy Creamer, Michael Foreman, Michael E. Fossum, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin, Barbara Morgan, John Olivas, Nicholas Patrick, Garrett Reisman, Patricia Robertson, Steven Swanson, Douglas Wheelock, Sunita Williams, Neil Woodward

International mission specialists: Léopold Eyharts (France), Paolo Nespoli (Italy), Marcos Pontes (Brazil), Hans Schlegel (Germany), Robert Thirsk (Canada), Bjarni Tryggvason (Canada), Roberto Vittori (Italy)

This group includes Mrs. Barbara Morgan, the first Educator-Astronaut to be selected by NASA. She was the backup "Teacher-In-Space" payload specialist to Christa McAuliffe on the ill-fated Challenger Disaster in 1986. Robertson (later Hilliard) was killed in the crash of a private airplane before she could be assigned to a shuttle mission.

October 7 - 1998 ESA Group - ESA Lee Archambault (born August 25, 1960 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American astronaut. ... Christopher J. Ferguson (born September 1, 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American astronaut. ... Kenneth T. Ham (b. ... Colonel Gregory H. Johnson is a NASA astronaut and pilot. ... William Oefelein (born March 29, 1965 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American astronaut. ... Clayton C. Anderson (born February 23, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American astronaut. ... Tracy E. Caldwell (Ph. ... Michael Foreman (November 5, 1961) is an American astronaut. ... Michael E. Fossum (born December 19, 1957 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American astronaut. ... Barbara R. Morgan (November 28, 1951 - ) is the first NASA Educator Astronaut, scheduled to fly on STS-118. ... John Daniel Danny Olivas (born May 25, 1965 in North Hollywood, California) is an American astronaut. ... Nicholas Patrick Nicholas J. M. Patrick is a British-born NASA astronaut. ... Steven R. Swanson (born December 3, 1960 in Syracuse, New York) is an American astronaut. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Léopold Eyharts - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Marcos César Pontes (born March 11, 1963) became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched towards the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1951 births | German astronauts ... Robert Thirsk (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian astronaut. ... Bjarni Tryggvason Bjarni Tryggvason (born September 21, Canadian astronaut. ... Roberto Vittori (October 15, 1964 - ) is an ESA astronaut from Viterbo, Italy. ... Christa McAuliffe Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986), better known simply as Christa McAuliffe, and prior to her marriage, Christa Corrigan, was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, who was selected from among more than 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. ... The Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its final mission, STS-51-L. Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASAs second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, after Columbia. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...

Frank De Winne, Léopold Eyharts, André Kuipers, Paolo Nespoli, Hans Schlegel, Roberto Vittori

December 14 - 1999 NASDA Group - Japan Frank De Winne is a Belgian astronaut of the European Space Agency. ... Léopold Eyharts - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... André Kuipers (born October 5, 1958, in Amsterdam) is the second Dutch astronaut (the first one being Wubbo Ockels) to engage on a space flight, on April 18, 2004. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1951 births | German astronauts ... Roberto Vittori (October 15, 1964 - ) is an ESA astronaut from Viterbo, Italy. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Satoshi Furukawa, Akihiko Hoshide, Naoko Sumino

2000

July 26 - NASA Group - USA This article is about the year 2000. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...

Pilots: Dominic A. Antonelli, Eric A. Boe, Kevin A. Ford, Ronald J. Garan, Jr., Terry W. Virts, Jr., Barry E. Wilmore

Mission Specialists: Michael R. Barratt, Robert L. Behnken, Stephen G. Bowen, B. Alvin Drew, Andrew J. Feustel, Michael T. Good, Douglas G. Hurley, Timothy L. Kopra, K. Megan McArthur, Karen L. Nyberg, Nicole P. Stott

Eric A. Boe is a NASA astronaut. ... TIMOTHY L. KOPRA (LIEUTENANT COLONEL, USA) NASA ASTRONAUT (MISSION SPECIALIST) PERSONAL DATA: Born on April 9, 1963, in Austin, Texas. ...

2003

SpaceShipOne 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne SpaceShipOnes patch The Scaled Composites Model 316 SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched suborbital spaceplane that uses a hybrid rocket motor. ...

The first group of commercial astronauts: Brian Binnie, Mike Melvill, Doug Shane, Peter Siebold

SpaceShipOne test pilot Brian Binnie Brian Binnie is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. ... SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill Michael W. Melvill (born November 1941) is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. ... SpaceShipOne test pilot Doug Shane Douglas B. Shane is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. ... SpaceShipOne test pilot Peter Siebold Peter Siebold is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. ...

2004

May 6 - NASA Group - USA 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ...

Pilots: Randolph Bresnick, James Dutton

Mission specialists: Thomas Marshburn, Christopher Cassidy, R. Shane Kimbrough, Jose Hernandez, Robert Satcher, Shannon Walker

Educator mission specialists: Joseph M. Acaba, Richard Arnold, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

International mission specialists: Satoshi Furukawa (Japan), Akihiko Hoshide (Japan), Naoko Yamazaki (Japan)