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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Launches From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1990
09 Jan 2025 23:11 GMT
… a five-person crew—Commander Daniel Brandenstein, Pilot James Wetherbee, and Mission … space exploration.
Preparing for Flight
NASA announced the STS-32 crew … 1989. The team included experienced astronauts like Brandenstein, who had flown twice …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launched From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center May 7, 1992
08 May 2024 00:58 GMT
… NASA’s Kennedy Space Center May 7, 1992.
Crew
Daniel C. Brandenstein … EVAs: a planned one by astronaut Pierre J. Thuot and … EVA also was performed by astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton and … mission:
First EVA involving three astronauts.
First and second longest …
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Amazing Astronaut Stories From the Space Shuttle Program
15 Nov 2023 17:08 GMT
… NASA
In his new book Space Shuttle Stories, former space shuttle astronaut … Richard H. Truly, Daniel C. Brandenstein, Guion S. “ … NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts … Jones
American history
astronauts
Science
Smithsonian …
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Astronaut talks to Ward students about his adventures in space
05 May 2023 20:06 GMT
… general, test pilot and NASA astronaut, visited Bishop Ward High … general, test pilot and NASA astronaut, visited Bishop Ward High … are astronauts Richard J. Hieb, Kevin P. Chilton, Daniel C. Brandenstein, … applied to become a NASA astronaut and was selected in …
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How astronaut diversity changed for the better in a single NASA class recounted in 'The New Guys' book
05 Feb 2023 12:43 GMT
… era of the 1978 astronaut class. Certainly, NASA had diversified somewhat from … scientific community lobbied NASA for his inclusion.
The astronaut recruitment for 1978 … astronaut class at NASA. From left to right are Guion S. Bluford, Daniel C. Brandenstein …
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With moon crews to assign, Joe Acaba named NASA's new chief astronaut
03 Feb 2023 06:16 GMT
… role in ensuring our NASA astronauts are prepared for the … (SLS) rocket with fellow NASA astronauts, including Reid Wiseman (fourth … Young (1974-1987); Dan Brandenstein (1987-1992); Robert … Kenneth Cockrell (1997-1998); Charles Precourt (1998-2002); Kent …
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WATCH: NASA Astronauts Thomas Jones and Scott Altman Inducted into U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
22 Apr 2018 01:30 GMT
… Complex on Saturday evening, veteran NASA Astronauts Thomas Jones and Scott Altman … Crippen, Karol Bobko, Story Musgrave, Daniel Brandenstein, Brewster Shaw, Robert Gibson, Loren … committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, …
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The moon landing, remembered 50 years later by 3 former astronauts with Wisconsin ties
20 Jul 2019 13:25 GMT
… test pilot experience to become astronauts.
NASA began recruiting more civilians, including … been on Mars by now’
Daniel Brandenstein, back from his first combat … -white television for the astronauts’ monumental first steps, Brandenstein said. The then …
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Shuttle-era astronauts join Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center
23 Apr 2018 18:41 GMT
… Crippen, Karol Bobko, Story Musgrave, Daniel Brandenstein, Brewster Shaw, Robert Gibson, Loren … of “Top Gun” joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 1995. His first … committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Crew of STS-8 Prepare for Challenger’s Third Flight at Kennedy Space Center in 1983
16 Aug 2023 19:50 GMT
… August 30, 1983 launch. (NASA Image)
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – … Bluford would become NASA’s first Black astronaut to go … time flyers, Pilot Daniel C. Brandenstein and Mission Specialists Dale … medical investigations on the astronauts to better understand the …