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6 days ago · Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project Mercury in April 1959. All seven were military test pilots, a requirement specified by President Eisenhower to simplify the selection process.
May 7, 2024 · A transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals. ‘Ceridwen Dovey has a rare, wild genius. The stories in Only the Astronauts are extraordinary, funny, delightful and moving. Dovey sees tenderly what it is to be human – from a perspective that is out-of-this-world imaginative.’. Anna Funder.
2 days ago · After multiple delays, the highly anticipated inaugural crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner is “go” for launch on Saturday — and the new spacecraft will be carrying a duo of veteran astronauts. Liftoff of Boeing’s Crew Flight Test mission is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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6 days ago · Challenger disaster, explosion of the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Challenger, shortly after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 28, 1986. The disaster claimed the lives of seven astronauts. The primary goal of shuttle mission 51-L was to launch the second Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B).
5 days ago · A pair of Chinese astronauts have completed a record-breaking spacewalk, spending 8.5 hours outside their country’s Tiangong space station. Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu’s spacewalk was the ...
May 25, 2024 · Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.
