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How many astronauts hail from Ohio? See the list
12 Aug 2025 10:42 GMT
… was part of NASA's third-ever astronaut group in 1963 … space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut.
Michael Gernhardt (Mansfield)
Gernhardt, an … than 50 different aircraft.
G. David Low (Cleveland)
Low played a key …
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Late Great Engineers: George M. Low - NASA’s unsung hero
28 Jul 2025 13:05 GMT
… go straight to the headline astronauts: Frank Borman, John … Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under President Richard Nixon, … made the difference was George Low.’
His New York Times … reviews, including support from NASA Administrator Thomas Paine and …
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NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2025
21 May 2025 19:03 GMT
… control. (Image credit: NASA)Gene Kranz, who served … received the 2024 American Astronautical Society (AAS) Lifetime Achievement … mission control room at NASA's Johnson Space … (1964), William Pickering (1974), George Low (1984), Norm Augustine (1994), …
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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
… Dunbar, Marsha Ivins, and David Low—was an 11-day operation … Dunbar, Marsha Ivins, and David Low—was an 11-day operation … . The team included experienced astronauts like Brandenstein, who had … same day, NASA announced its 13th group of astronauts, which included …
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Northrop Grumman names cargo craft for fallen Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark
07 Apr 2023 23:57 GMT
… Laurel Clark, a NASA astronaut, medical doctor, U. … my former classmate in NASA astronaut group 16, affectionately … credit: NASA)Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut in 1996 … Lawrence, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA astronauts David Low, Gordon …
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Apollo 13: Facts about NASA's near-disaster moon mission
31 Mar 2022 17:17 GMT
… separation. (Image credit: NASA)Swigert flipped the switch … Dr. George Low (right) smokes a cigar. (Image credit: NASA… of the surviving Apollo astronauts.
Additional resources
Read … quot;A successful failure: NASA’s crisis communications regarding Apollo …
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Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died
22 Jul 2019 22:15 GMT
… right are George Low and Robert Gilruth.
NASA
Chris Kraft, … Robert R. Gilruth, George Low (Manager, Apollo Spacecraft … astronaut Neil Armstrong, the "control" in Mission Control. Today, NASA … years of NASA, about which astronauts he had liked …
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‘Today is our day’: Inside Mission Control as U.S. astronauts make history
21 Jul 2019 16:33 GMT
… Apollo astronaut who served as the voice of NASA to his … was possible.
Kranz and George Low, head of Apollo’s … Nelson, 2009, Viking Press
NASA: Apollo Flight Journal, Transcripts and … Woods et al, 1997
NASA: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, Transcripts …
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"Proud to be an American:" 50 years after moon landing, NASA's first mission control flight director, Chris Kraft of Hampton, reflects
19 Jul 2019 00:56 GMT
… dealing with America’s first astronauts.
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Deputy … control over their aircraft, astronauts would be much more … someone everyone respected, including the astronauts.”
NASA PHoto via AP / … that point, men like George Low and Bob Gilruth, it …
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NASA committee lobbied for Neil Armstrong to be the first on the moon. Here's why they picked him.
17 Jul 2019 00:30 GMT
… practiced landings at the NASA Langley Research Center’s … Chris Kraft, Bob Gilruth, George Low and astronaut Deke Slayton — who had … first. In public statements, NASA suggested the same protocol would … an astronaut — he was too valuable a resource for NASA to …