21DEC 2024
Gordon Cooper Astronaut

Gordon Cooper Astronaut

Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (Deceased) PERSONAL DATA: Born March 6, 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His interests included treasure hunting, archeology, racing, flying, skiing, boating, hunting and fishing. Gordon Cooper passed away on October 4, 2004, at his home in Ventura, California, at the age of 77. EDUCATION: Attended primary and secondary schools…

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15DEC 2024
Animal astronauts

Animal astronauts

Before humans actually went into space, one of the prevailing theories of the perils of space flight was that humans might not be able to survive long periods of weightlessness. For several years, there had been a serious debate among scientists about the effects of prolonged weightlessness. American…
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09DEC 2024
Astronaut High School football

Astronaut High School football

1 share share tweet sms send ORLANDO — When Devell Taylor heard an assistant coach asking him if he wanted to play, he jumped at the chance, figuring he would be going to his normal offensive position of wide receiver. Instead, coaches were putting him at quarterback to run the wildcat. “I was prepared…
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03DEC 2024
Guy Gardner (astronaut)

Guy Gardner (astronaut)

Finally heads aloft on 2 December. The much-delayed ASTRO-1 had originally been manifested to fly on what would have been the next shuttle mission after Challenger s ill-fated STS-51L as STS-61E in March 1986. The mission was remanifested as STS-35 during the long stand-down after the accident with the…
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27NOV 2024
Names of astronauts

Names of astronauts

Four veteran astronauts have been selected to train for launch aboard new commercial crew capsules being built by Boeing and SpaceX that are intended to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station starting in 2017, NASA announced Thursday. Station veteran Sunita Williams, along with…
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21NOV 2024
God is an astronaut

God is an astronaut

God is an Astronaut are a 4 piece band who hail from Glen of the Downs, Ireland. Currently one of the worlds biggest instrumental bands they took their name from a line in Clive Barker’s film ‘Nightbreed’. The band was formed by twin brothers Niels and Torsten Kinsella in 2002. After recording their…
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15NOV 2024
Accutron astronaut

Accutron astronaut

When I was 3 and a half years old, my parents made me watch the 1969 landing on the moon live on television. It is the earliest memory I can recall and I have been fascinated with space ever since. In my adult years, my love of watches naturally led to an appreciation of space watches and timepieces…
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