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Astronauts Home - NASA
Quick Facts. The first class of NASA astronauts was selected in 1959. They are known as the Mercury 7. Since inception, NASA has selected 360 astronaut candidates: 299 men, 61 women; 212 military, 138 civilians; 191 pilots, 159 non-pilots. When...
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/
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Astronaut Fact Book - NASA
The NASA Astronaut Fact Book provides information on the 360 explorers who have been selected as astronauts since NASA's first class in 1959. NASA spacewalker Frank Rubio is pictured during a spacewalk tethered to the International Space Station...
https://www.nasa.gov/reference/astronaut-fact-book/
List of astronauts by name - Wikipedia
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name.. More...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_name
Active Astronauts - NASA
Sally K. Ride was the first American woman in space. Guion S. Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. John H. Glenn, Jr. was the...
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/active-astronauts/
NASA Astronaut Corps - Wikipedia
The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions. It is based at Johnson Space Center in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Corps
NASA, Space Exploration, and Movies About Astronauts - Biography
This Is the Crew of the Artemis II Mission. Astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Buzz Aldrin, have risked their lives to fulfill our dreams of exploring space.
https://www.biography.com/astronauts
Meet the Hubble Astronauts - NASA Science
Explore Trivia. Astronaut Andrew Feustel (left), STS-125 mission specialist, navigates near the Hubble Space Telescope on the end of the Remote Manipulator System robotic arm, controlled from inside Atlantis' crew cabin. Astronaut John Grunsfeld...
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/team/astronauts/meet-the-astronauts
Astronauts & Cosmonauts - World Space Flight
The astronaut and cosmonaut group pages include individuals who have trained but left the programs before actually having flown (or are still awaiting their first flight). There are some individuals who were never formally part of a group (space tourist...
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List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia
This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_year_of_selection
International Astronaut Database - Aerospace Security
Over 500 astronauts from almost 40 countries have traveled to space. Search the CSIS Aerospace Security International Astronaut Database below for an individual astronaut's name, country of origin, gender, and flight records. Sort by category by...
https://aerospace.csis.org/data/international-astronaut-database/
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