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Farewell to a NASA Hero: Apollo Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II Departs at 87
04 Nov 2023 19:40 GMT
… Rear Admiral and distinguished NASA astronaut, passed away on October … .”
Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II (left) and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr … the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) … crew of Apollo 13 – NASA astronauts James Lovell, Jack Swigert, …
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Apollo 16 astronaut Rear Adm. Ken Mattingly dead at 87
04 Nov 2023 03:43 GMT
… , aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut who flew on both Apollo … astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Karol Bobko. His instructors, Charles Duke and Henry Hartsfield … school, he was selected by NASA for astronaut training.
(Left to right …
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Ken Mattingly, Apollo and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 87
04 Nov 2023 00:22 GMT
… in 1966 to be a NASA astronaut.
During his first five years … pilot Henry Hartsfield. From June 1983 through May 1984, Mattingly headed the Astronaut … ., right, and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr./NASA
In January, 1985, Mattingly …
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Photos and videos show why only 360 people have become NASA astronauts
24 Nov 2022 19:28 GMT
… post, Anne McClain, a NASA astronaut, summed up what the … 7 crew in 1959, NASA astronauts have learned survival techniques, … Frontiers/Getty Images
NASA astronauts train in the desert … of scary," Henry Hartsfield, who became a NASA astronaut in 1969, …
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Plane plummeted from the sky in horror crash after propeller fell off killing astronaut
05 Apr 2023 11:15 GMT
… sleep-deprived pilots, a former astronaut who spent 120 hours in … path on the flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to … Friedline, 34, and First Officer Hank Johnston, 36.
An investigation carried …
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Here's How NASA Determines Which Applicants Make It to Be Astronauts
25 Nov 2022 00:58 GMT
… while working in space.
NASA astronaut Carl J. Meade … 7 crew in 1959, NASA astronauts have learned survival techniques … August 13, 1964. (NASA)NASA astronauts train in the desert because … scary," Henry Hartsfield, who became a NASA astronaut in 1969, …
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NASA’s Artemis mission has distinctive Auburn University flavor
27 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT
… Pelfrey, deputy director, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight … co-investigators assigned to NASA’s Volatiles Investigating … consider alumni and astronauts Jan Davis ’77, Hank Hartsfield ’54, … astronauts. Nearly 500 alumni have worked in various capacities at NASA …
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Robert Lawrence: First African American astronaut
01 Feb 2020 05:23 GMT
… . Fellow MOL classmate and later NASA astronaut Don Peterson recalled in an … 35) MOL astronauts (Karol Bobko, Robert Crippen, Gordon Fullerton, Henry Hartsfield, Robert Overmyer …
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Auburn University chosen for Astronaut Scholarship Program
01 Sep 2017 16:50 GMT
… including astronauts Hank Hartsfield and Kathryn Thornton, as well as top NASA scientists like … for our partnership with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Their financial … welcome Auburn University into the Astronaut Scholarship Program,” said ASF …
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LIVE: Expedition 52 Soyuz docks at International Space Station with UT astronaut on board
29 Jul 2017 02:10 GMT
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Credits: NASA/ Bill Ingalls
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – An astronaut who graduated … to the International Space Station.
NASA Astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik will … Barry Wilmore (’94).
UT astronauts and their flights:
Hank Hartsfield: Columbia ’82, Discovery …