… active astronauts Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut who is now a chief astronaut … and 35. Over 32% NASA astronauts were in the 35 to … of jet flying time. When Walter M. Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, … . He was an astronaut candidate for NASA in the 1960s and …

… 1963.  The original seven astronauts – Scott Carpenter (1925-2013 … “Gus” Grissom (1926-1967), Wally Schirra (1923-2007), Alan Shepard ( … the Moon.  NASA management wanted a Mercury astronaut to have … none of the Mercury astronauts were available.  Most believe …

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Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Jim Lovell is perhaps … his class with fellow future astronauts Wally Schirra and Pete Conrad. Although … of the second group of NASA astronauts, known as the “Next … With the help of NASA engineers and astronauts on Earth, the …

… incident Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Jim Lovell is perhaps … class with fellow future astronauts Wally Schirra and Pete Conrad. Although … of the second group of NASA astronauts, known as the “ … With the help of NASA engineers and astronauts on Earth, the …

… as the country’s first astronaut candidates. To celebrate that … third person from outside NASA or the Russian Space … Young and Wally Schirra, Soichi Noguchi became the third astronaut — and … months later, Noguchi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins both conducted …

… spacecraft.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel FilesAstronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard Gemini … .Milwaukee Journal Sentinel FilesGemini 7 astronaut James Lovell, Jr. (center) listens … command module on board the NASA retriever boat in the Gulf …

… , and the Korean War, joined NASA’s Mercury program and became … at multiple universities. In 1974, astronaut Walter Schirra visited Taiwan again on a … Shuttle Challenger mission when NASA began allowing non-astronaut scientists to participate …

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