Astronauts hold a variety of ranks and positions. Each of these roles carries responsibilities that are essential to the operation of a spacecraft. A spacecraft's...

NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as...

Historically, officers leaving three-star positions were allowed to revert to their permanent two-star ranks to mark time in lesser jobs until statutory...

NASA Astronaut Group 8 was a group of 35 astronauts announced on January 16, 1978. It was the first NASA selection since Group 6 in 1967, and was the largest...

similar to Commonwealth naval ranks are worn; on service khaki, working uniforms (Navy Working Uniform [NWU], and coveralls), and special uniform situations...

The Space Mirror Memorial, which forms part of the larger Astronauts Memorial, is a National Memorial on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Space Center...

States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006. Henry...

influential environmental photograph ever taken". Earthrise was taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed voyage to orbit the...

American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person...

Fame. On October 4, 2011, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) awarded the Global Positioning System (GPS) its 60th Anniversary Award, nominated...

honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted...

National Astronaut Day is an American commemorative day held on May 5 since 2016. It commemorates the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5...

to his appointment to general officer ranks, Chilton spent 11 years of his military career as a NASA astronaut. He retired from the Air Force on February...

many roles, including astronauts. As early as 1922 women like Pearl I. Young were working as physicists and other technical positions. Young was the second...

grandchildren of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. The 32 Apollo astronauts listed on the monument are: William Anders Neil Armstrong Charles Bassett...

landed the first astronauts on the Moon in 1969. Project Apollo was conceptualized during the time of Project Mercury (1958–1963) and was realized after...

positions at other organizations serving NASA. The flight control positions used during the Apollo era were predominantly identical to the positions used...

American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's...

first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. The lander touched...

treadmill for use on board the International Space Station and is designed to allow astronauts to run without vibrating delicate microgravity science experiments...

force structure and the needs of the service. With very few exceptions, such as Naval Aviator Astronaut and Naval Flight Officer Astronaut, unrestricted...

pilots who took part in the attack was Ilan Ramon, later Israel's first astronaut. Prior to the 1982 Lebanon War, Syria, with the help of the Soviet Union...

December 24 and 25, 1968, and then traveled safely back to Earth. The three Apollo 8 astronauts—Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders—were the first...

incident, the astronauts were called before a closed session of a Senate committee and never flew in space again. The three astronauts and an acquaintance...

patch is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts and other personnel affiliated with that mission. It is usually executed...

authorized those positions as military rather than civilian and created the ranks of Army field clerk (the former rank of headquarters clerk) and Quarter Master...

with HLS. Two astronauts will transfer to HLS, which will descend to the lunar surface and spend about 6.5 days on the surface. The astronauts will perform...

Enlightenment movement. A developed country, the U.S. ranks high in economic competitiveness, innovation, and higher education. Accounting for over a quarter...

UTC, and the crew were cleared to resume operations about five minutes later. Lonchakov returned to Earth with NASA astronaut Michael Fincke and spaceflight...

technology, expertise and personnel to the world space effort, especially in collaboration with ESA and NASA. In addition to its astronauts and satellites, some...