Famous NASA astronauts
Ever thought of becoming an astronaut? Who hasn’t? While military service certainly isn’t required to join NASA, it might help. 219 of the 330 current and former U.S. astronauts also served in the armed forces. Though they’ve mostly served in the Air Force and Navy, every branch has been represented. Many of the most famous NASA astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin…
Simple Astronaut Costume
Do your kids like dressing up? Both my girls love to wear different outfits when they’re playing or even when we’re heading out and about on errands or to the park. Wearing the right clothes, whether it’s a crown, swirling ballet skirt or builders hard hat seems to complete their play and let them really…
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Billy Bob Thornton astronaut
I have always been a big fan of Billy Bob Thornton. “Sling Blade” showed his amazing talent as a writer, director and actor. “Armageddon” was another film he starred in that became a mega hit with the viewers. It’s almost as if he’s not acting—he’s a natural for whatever role he portrays. I finally got…
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First black astronaut female
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) - The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, going from a small town in Alabama to miles above the surface of the earth required a few stops along the way for Dr. Mae Jemison, who was the first African American woman accepted to the NASA astronaut…
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Astronaut University
NASA ASTRONAUT TO LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Students to get unique insight into human space flight for new course modules Left: Jeff Hoffman, prior to his 1990 flight on the Space Shuttle Columbia (mission STS-35). Image courtesy of NASA . Jeff Hoffman, the 64-year-old former NASA astronaut…
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Michael Collins Astronaut Biography
It was the secret terror that gripped astronaut Michael Collins throughout the Apollo 11 project 40 years ago. As his spacecraft, Columbia, swept over the lunar surface, Collins - the mission s third and largely forgotten crewman - waited for a call from fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin…
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Famous Russian astronauts
Yuri Gagarin At the beginning of 60s nothing more symbolized the USSR s status as a world leader than the beginning of the space age. Between 1957 and 1965 the Soviet Union set one space record after another: the first satellite in orbit; sending space probes to the moon; putting the first man and the…
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