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Tom Stafford—Test Pilot, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut—Dies at 93
20 Mar 2024 01:36 GMT
… “New Nine” astronaut group and accepted the assignment with NASA. That group … virtually the last minute, after astronauts Elliot See and Charles Basset were killed … , was onboard to greet the astronauts. NASA photo
Three years later, in …
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A History of Total Solar Eclipses Seen by Astronauts From Outer Space
11 Mar 2024 19:20 GMT
… on November 12, 1966.
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Now, almost 60 years … the deaths of Gemini 9 astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett, a … and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Since 1966 … , 1971, by NASA astronaut Al Worden.
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Now, astronauts who witness solar …
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57 years ago, two astronauts saw the first solar eclipse from space
13 Nov 2023 12:24 GMT
… the Gemini 12 astronauts while in space. Credit: NASA
On Nov. … 12 to see it. Astronaut assignments followed a predictable … Gemini 9 prime crewmembers Elliot See and Charlie Bassett died in … , looks like it,” replied astronaut Pete Conrad from Mission Control …
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Artemis 2 moon astronaut explains risk of flying NASA's supersonic training jet
20 Jul 2023 16:25 GMT
… humans on board. It includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and … flight has been baked into NASA astronaut protocols from the dawn of … NASA despite the risk to its astronaut corps. Gemini program astronauts Ted Freeman, Elliot See …
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I Never Got a Chance to Fly a T-38 Talon: The Air Force's Essential Fighter
04 Apr 2024 23:01 GMT
… killed members of the NASA astronaut corps who used the … for transportation and testing. Astronaut Theodore Freeman was killed in … T-38. In 1966, astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett were killed … fog. And in 1967, astronaut Clifton Williams died in a …
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Remembering Tom Stafford, the Apollo commander who did his part to thaw the Cold War
22 Mar 2024 20:40 GMT
… appalling tragedy: When Gemini 9 astronauts Elliot See and Charlie Bassett died in … years, Stafford was chief of NASA’s astronaut corps, notably visiting Moscow … Lifetime Achievement Award. Credit: NASA
After NASA, Stafford commanded the Air Force …
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Today In History – February 28
28 Feb 2024 05:18 GMT
… to achieve orbit.1966 – A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into … Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.1983 – The … , American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)1966 – Elliot See, American commander, engineer …
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‘First Man’– Neil Armstrong biopic explores emotional angst of legendary astronaut
12 Oct 2018 08:56 GMT
… moon. In retrospect, the NASA astronaut proved to be the … time between chronicling the astronauts’ perilous training regimen and … angst. After all, numerous astronauts died in accidents during … White (Jason Clarke) and Elliot See (Patrick Fugit).
In terms …
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REVIEW: 'First Man' tells astronaut Neil Armstrong’s story in truly, deeply moving fashion
12 Oct 2018 13:50 GMT
… the Gemini project with NASA in Houston arises, he … would-be astronauts, including Gus Grissom (Shea Whigham), Elliot See (Patrick Fugit … almost entirely true: Despite NASA's best efforts … suggesting the grand nobleness NASA keeps attempting to evoke can …
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A look at Flagstaff, Arizona, where Apollo 11 astronauts trained before landing on the moon
01 Jul 2018 12:58 GMT
A wave of astronauts that included Armstrong, Frank Borman, … Lovell, John Young, James McDivitt, Elliot See, Edward White and Thomas Stafford …