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Robert Gibson and Vladimir Dezhurov Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4 John Glenn entering Friendship 7 Yuri Gagarin Valentina Tereshkova Sally Ride Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
What does it take to become an astronaut?
astronaut training Richard R. Arnold II
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Robert Gibson and Vladimir Dezhurov
astronaut summary
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy
Edwin E. Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) stands on the moon, Apollo 11
Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Hindenburg zeppelin crashing, 1937
Transportation and Technology Firsts Quiz
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October 18, 2019. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir waves at the camera during a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch (out of frame). They ventured into the vacuum of space for seven hours and 17 minutes to swap a failed battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU) with a spare during the first all-woman spacewalk. The BCDU regulates the charge to the batteries that collect and distribute solar power to the orbiting lab's systems.
7 Questions for Astronaut Jessica Meir
The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A on July 1 1997 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission.
12 Questions About the History of Space Exploration Answered
1965) The Gemini-8 Astronauts David R. Scott and Neil A. Armstrong are suited up for water egress training aboard the NASA Motor Vessell Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. Training for Gemini 8, Gemini-titan-8
50th Anniversary of Gemini 8
Timeline of the Apollo missions. space exploration, infographic
Timeline of the Apollo Space Missions
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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
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Flags That Look Alike
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
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Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
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What does it take to become an astronaut?
Erik Gregersen, astronomy and space exploration editor at Encyclopædia Britannica,...
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NASA's journey to landing a man on the Moon
History of the American human spaceflight program in the 1960s.
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Who is Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut?
Learn more about the life and career of Mae Jemison.
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Living in weightlessness: Life on the International Space Station
Weightlessness as experienced by astronauts on board the International Space Station.
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Robert Gibson and Vladimir Dezhurov
Robert Gibson (right) shaking hands with Vladimir Dezhurov (left) after the U.S....
NASA
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich during the Vostok 4 flight, August 12–15, 1962.
NASA
John Glenn entering Friendship 7
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., entering his Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 prior...
NASA
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, 1961.
NASA
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova, the first female astronaut to fly into space. She spent nearly...
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Sally Ride
Sally Ride, the first U.S. female astronaut to fly into space, aboard the space shuttle...
NASA
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
Robert L. Satcher, Jr., mission specialist astronaut candidate, floating freely aboard...
NASA
astronaut training
American astronaut Mike Fossum participating in space walk training at the Neutral...
NASA
Richard R. Arnold II
Richard R. Arnold II, educator mission specialist, simulating a parachute water landing...
NASA
International Space Station: transfer of supplies and equipment
Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Díaz in the International Space Station during transfer...
NASA
Mir simulator
Mir simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia.
NASA
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the bus on the way to the Vostok 1 launchpad, April...
NASA
Alan Shepard
U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard preparing for launch in the Freedom 7 spacecraft,...
NASA
Vostok 2; Glenn, John; Kennedy, John F.; Titov, Gherman
NASA astronaut John Glenn (left) and Russian astronaut Gherman Titov (right) flanking...
NASA
John Glenn
Astronaut John Glenn entering Friendship 7 to begin the first American manned mission...
NASA
STS-95; Glenn, John
Astronaut John Glenn, age 77, aboard the space shuttle Discovery during...
GRC/NASA
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Voskhod 1 cosmonauts (left to right) commander Vladimir Komarov, doctor Boris Yegorov,...
NASA
Three stills from an external movie camera on the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2 recording...
NASA
Apollo 1
Apollo 1 crew—(left to right) Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B....
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Frank Borman
Frank Borman.
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed by Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969,...
NASA
Apollo 13 astronauts
Apollo 13 astronauts (from left) Fred W. Haise, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr., and James...
NASA
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Taurus-Littrow...
NASA
Apollo-Soyuz
American astronaut Thomas Stafford and Soviet cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov in the passage...
Johnson Space Center/NASA
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn, 1978.
German Federal Archives, (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-T0709-148; photograph, Peter Koard
Jean-Loup Chrétien.
NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Sally Ride
U.S. astronaut Sally Ride aboard space shuttle Challenger.
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (ARC Identifier: 541940)
Guion Bluford
Guion Bluford exercising on a treadmill aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger...
NASA
Spacelab 1
West German physicist-astronaut Ulf Merbold conducting a materials-processing experiment...
NASA
Sharma, Rakesh
Rakesh Sharma.
Subhav Sharma
Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau, 2000.
NASA
Franklin Chang-Díaz, 1997.
NASA
Christa Corrigan McAuliffe
Christa Corrigan McAuliffe.
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Akiyama Toyohiro.
www.spacefacts.de
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Ellen Ochoa
Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel in space, went on to lead NASA's Johnson...
NASA
Soyuz TM-20
Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov (right) taking a blood sample from German astronaut...
ESA
Sergey Krikalyov, 1998.
NASA
Eileen Collins toys with a roll of paper scrap in microgravity while serving as pilot...
NASA
Dennis Tito
Dennis Tito, 2003.
NASA (Image ID: KSC-03PD-1489)
U.S. astronauts Jerry Ross (left) and James H. Newman on the final of three space...
Human Spaceflight Collection/NASA
Yang Liwei
Yang Liwei.
Anat Givon/AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Yi Soyeon
Yi Soyeon, 2008.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Image ID: JSC2008-E-027004)
space shuttle: crew of Columbia on its last mission
Crew of the space shuttle Columbia (left to right): David Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel...
NASA
Examples of unmanned and manned approaches to exploring space: (top) the U.S. robotic...
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
astronaut spacewalk training
Space-suited U.S. astronaut (centre), assisted by a scuba diver, practicing in-space...
NASA
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