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2 days ago · The two astronauts returned to their home base at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 10, but remained in quarantine to minimize contact with other people, and the chances of becoming ill.
2 days ago · Website. Official website. Signature. Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈɔːldrɪn /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
1 day ago · Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA 's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above.
4 days ago · Ed Dwight: A space pioneer who finally became an astronaut. 2 days ago. By Sue Nelson. Blue Origin. Ed Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the...
1 day ago · Prior to Crew Dragon, all astronauts used Soyuz spacecraft to reach the ISS. Crew Dragon carried four astronauts to the station, and the ISS was then able to accommodate a crew of seven. A Russian science module, Nauka, was added to the station in 2021.
2 days ago · Sunita Williams is an American astronaut who set records on her two flights to the International Space Station. Her two spaceflights combined lasted more than 321 days, ranking her second, after American astronaut Peggy Whitson, for the most time spent in space by a woman.
5 days ago · 29 May 2024. Exclusive: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026. Simulated lunar exploration in an Arizona volcanic field this month helped astronauts to prepare for doing...
