Happy Astronaut Day & Space Day!!!
Celebrating the recent holiday to celebrate astronauts and also space. . .
National Astronaut Day & National Space Day! ! !
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A Brief History:
Likeness: The holidays are designed to celebrate both astronauts and space.
Astronaut Day: The day is celebrated because on May 5th in 1961, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to enter space aboard the Mercury Mission, Redstone Rocket 3, synonymous with Freedom 7 Mission Space capsule in a brief suborbital flight that only lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere.
Space Day: The day is celebrated to honor the achievements, the benefits, and all of the opportunities into exploration in space, with a goal to attract and promote the subjects in education of math, science, technology, and engineering in the younger generations. The space industry needs young individuals to enter the employment field, so this inspiration to pursue their career in science and space-related jobs is very important.
Celebrated: Astronaut Day is celebrated on May 5th. Space Day is celebrated on the first Friday in May.
A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .
Astronaut Day:
Information Courtesy NASA.gov
Current Astronauts:
All current U.S. Astronauts in alphabetic order:
A
B
- Barratt, Michael R.
- Barron, Kayla
- Behnken, Robert L.
- Boe, Eric A.
- Bowen, Stephen G.
- Bresnik, Randolph J.
C
D
E
F
G
H
K
L
M
- Mann, Nicole Aunapu
- Marshburn, Thomas H.
- McArthur, K. Megan
- McClain, Anne C.
- Meir, Jessica U.
- Moghbeli, Jasmin
- Morgan, Andrew R.
O
P
R
T
V
W
- Walker, Shannon
- Watkins, Jessica
- Wheelock, Douglas H.
- Wilson, Stephanie D.
- Williams, Sunita L.
- Wilmore, Barry E.
- Wiseman, G. Reid
Former Astonauts:
All former U.S. Astronauts in alphebetic order:
A
- Acton, Loren W.
- Adamson, James C.
- Akers, Thomas D.
- Aldrin, Buzz
- Allen, Andrew M.
- Allen, Joseph P.
- Altman, Scott D.
- Anders, William A.
- Anderson, Clayton C.
- Anderson, Michael P. (Deceased)
- Antonelli, Dominic A.
- Apt, Jerome
- Archambault, Lee J.
- Armstrong, Neil A. (Deceased)
- Ashby, Jeffrey S.
B
- Bagian, James P.
- Baker, Ellen S.
- Baker, Michael A.
- Barry, Daniel T.
- Bassett, Charles A., II (Deceased)
- Bean, Alan L. (Deceased)
- Blaha, John E.
- Bloomfield, Michael J.
- Bluford, Guion S., Jr.
- Bobko, Karol J.
- Bolden, Charles F., Jr.
- Borman, Frank
- Brady, Charles E., Jr. (Deceased)
- Brand, Vance D.
- Brandenstein, Daniel C.
- Bridges, Roy D., Jr.
- Brown, Curtis L., Jr.
- Brown, David M. (Deceased)
- Brown, Mark N.
- Buchli, James F.
- Buckey, Jay Clark
- Bull, John S. (Deceased)
- Burbank, Daniel C.
- Bursch, Daniel W.
C
- Caldeiro, Fernando (Frank) (Deceased)
- Camarda, Charles
- Cameron, Kenneth D.
- Carey, Duane G.
- Carpenter, M. Scott (Deceased)
- Carr, Gerald (Deceased)
- Carter, Manley Lanier, Jr. (Deceased)
- Casper, John H.
- Cassidy, Christopher J.
- Cenker, Robert J.
- Cernan, Eugene A. (Deceased)
- Chaffee, Roger B. (Deceased)
- Chamitoff, Gregory E.
- Chang-Díaz, Franklin R.
- Chapman, Philip K.
- Chawla, Kalpana (Deceased)
- Chiao, Leroy
- Chilton, Kevin P.
- Clark, Laurel B. (Deceased)
- Cleave, Mary L.
- Clifford, Michael R.
- Coats, Michael L.
- Cockrell, Kenneth D.
- Coleman, Catherine G.
- Collins, Eileen M.
- Collins, Michael
- Conrad, Charles, Jr. (Deceased)
- Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr. (Deceased)
- Covey, Richard O.
- Creighton, John O.
- Crippen, Robert L.
- Crouch, Roger K.
- Culbertson, Frank L., Jr.
- Cunningham, Walter
- Curbeam, Robert L., Jr.
- Currie-Gregg, Nancy J.
D
- Davis, N. Jan
- Delucas, Lawrence J.
- Duffy, Brian
- Duke, Charles M., Jr.
- Dunbar, Bonnie J.
- Durrance, Samuel T.
- Dutton, James P.
E
- Edwards, Joe F., Jr.
- Eisele, Donn F. (Deceased)
- England, Anthony W.
- Engle, Joe H.
- Evans, Ronald E. (Deceased)
F
- Fabian, John M.
- Favier, Jean-Jacques
- Ferguson, Christopher J.
- Fettman, Martin J.
- Fischer, Jack D.
- Fisher, Anna L.
- Fisher, William F.
- Foale, C. Michael
- Ford, Kevin A.
- Foreman, Michael J.
- Fossum, Michael E.
- Freeman, Theodore C. (Deceased)
- Frick, Stephen N.
- Fullerton, Charles G. (Deceased)
G
- Gaffney, F. Drew
- Garan, Ronald J., Jr.
- Gardner, Dale A. (Deceased)
- Gardner, Guy S.
- Garn, Jake
- Garriott, Owen K. (Deceased)
- Gemar, Charles D.
- Gibson, Edward G.
- Gibson, Robert L.
- Givens, Edward G., Jr. (Deceased)
- Glenn, John H., Jr. — Deceased
- Godwin, Linda M.
- Good, Michael T.
- Gordon, Richard F., Jr (Deceased)
- Gorie, Dominic L.
- Grabe, Ronald J.
- Graveline, Duane
- Gregory, Frederick D.
- Gregory, William G.
- Griggs, S. David (Deceased)
- Grissom, Virgil I. (Deceased)
- Grunsfeld, John M.
- Gutierrez, Sidney M.
H
- Haise, Fred W., Jr.
- Halsell, James D., Jr.
- Ham, Kenneth T.
- Hammond, L. Blaine, Jr.
- Harbaugh, Gregory J.
- Harris, Bernard A., Jr.
- Hart, Terry J.
- Hartsfield, Henry W., Jr. (Deceased)
- Hauck, Frederick H.
- Hawley, Steven A.
- Helms, Susan J.
- Henize, Karl G. (Deceased)
- Hennen, Thomas J.
- Henricks, Terence T.
- Hernández, José M.
- Herrington, John B.
- Hieb, Richard J.
- Higginbotham, Joan E.
- Hire, Kathryn P.
- Hobaugh, Charles O.
- Hoffman, Jeffrey A.
- Holmquest, Donald L.
- Horowitz, Scott J.
- Hughes-Fulford, Millie
- Hurley, Douglas G.
- Husband, Rick D. (Deceased)
I
J
- Jarvis, Gregory (Deceased)
- Jemison, Mae C.
- Jernigan, Tamara E.
- Johnson, Gregory C.
- Johnson, Gregory H.
- Jones, Thomas D.
K
- Kadenyuk, Leonid K.
- Kavandi, Janet L.
- Kelly, Mark E.
- Kelly, Scott J.
- Kerwin, Joseph P.
- Kilrain, Susan L.
- Kopra, Timothy L.
- Kregel, Kevin R.
- Kulin, Robb
L
- Lawrence, Wendy B.
- Lee, Mark C.
- Leestma, David C.
- Lenoir, William B. (Deceased)
- Leslie, Fred W.
- Lichtenberg, Byron K.
- Lind, Don L.
- Lindsey, Steven W.
- Linenger, Jerry M.
- Linteris, Gregory T.
- Llewellyn, John A.
- Lockhart, Paul S.
- Lopez-Alegria, Michael E.
- Loria, Christopher J.
- Lounge, John M. (Deceased)
- Lousma, Jack R.
- Lovell, James A., Jr.
- Low, G. David (Deceased)
- Lu, Edward T.
- Lucid, Shannon W.
M
- Magnus, Sandra H.
- Malerba, Franco
- Massimino, Michael J.
- Mastracchio, Richard A.
- Mattingly, Thomas K., II
- McArthur, William S., Jr.
- McAuliffe, S. Christa (Deceased)
- McBride, Jon A.
- McCandless, Bruce (Deceased)
- McCool, William C. (Deceased)
- McCulley, Michael J.
- McDivitt, James A.
- McMonagle, Donald R.
- McNair, Ronald E. (Deceased)
- Meade, Carl J.
- Melnick, Bruce E.
- Melvin, Leland D.
- Metcalf-Lindenburger, Dorothy M.
- Michel, F. Curtis (Deceased)
- Mitchell, Edgar D. (Deceased)
- Morgan, Barbara R.
- Mukai, Chiaki
- Mullane, Richard M.
- Musgrave, Story
N
- Nagel, Steven R. (Deceased)
- Nelson, George D.
- Newman, James H.
- Noriega, Carlos I.
- Nowak, Lisa M.
- Nyberg, Karen L.
O
- O’Connor, Bryan D.
- Ochoa, Ellen
- Oefelein, William A.
- O’Leary, Brian T. (Deceased)
- Olivas, John D.
- Onizuka, Ellison S. (Deceased)
- Oswald, Stephen S.
- Overmyer, Robert F. (Deceased)
P
- Pailes, William A.
- Parazynski, Scott E.
- Parise, Ronald A. (Deceased)
- Parker, Robert A. R.
- Patrick, Nicholas J. M.
- Pawelczyk, James A.
- Payton, Gary E.
- Peterson, Donald H. (Deceased)
- Phillips, John L.
- Pogue, William R. (Deceased)
- Poindexter, Alan G. (Deceased)
- Polansky, Mark L.
- Precourt, Charles J.
R
- Ramon, Ilan (Deceased)
- Readdy, William F.
- Reightler, Kenneth S., Jr.
- Reilly, James F.
- Reisman, Garrett E.
- Resnik, Judith A. (Deceased)
- Richards, Richard N.
- Ride, Sally K. (Deceased)
- Robertson, Patricia C. (Hilliard) (Deceased)
- Robinson, Stephen K.
- Rominger, Kent V.
- Roosa, Stuart A. (Deceased)
- Ross, Jerry L.
- Runco, Mario, Jr.
S
- Sacco, Jr., Albert
- Satcher, Robert L., Jr.
- Schirra, Walter M., Jr. (Deceased)
- Schmitt, Harrison H.
- Schweickart, Russell L.
- Scobee, Francis R. (Deceased)
- Scott, David R.
- Scott, Winston E.
- Scully-Power, Paul D.
- Searfoss, Richard A. (Deceased)
- Seddon, Margaret Rhea
- See, Elliot M., Jr. (Deceased)
- Sega, Ronald M.
- Sellers, Piers J. (Deceased)
- Shaw, Brewster H., Jr.
- Shepard, Alan B., Jr. (Deceased)
- Shepherd, William M.
- Shriver, Loren J.
- Slayton, Donald K. (Deceased)
- Smith, Michael J. (Deceased)
- Smith Steven L.
- Spring, Sherwood C.
- Springer, Robert C.
- Stafford, Thomas P.
- Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie M.
- Stewart, Robert L.
- Stott, Nicole P.
- Sturckow, Frederick W.
- Sullivan, Kathryn D.
- Swanson, Steven R.
- Swigert, John L., Jr. (Deceased)
T
- Tani, Daniel M.
- Tanner, Joseph R.
- Thagard, Norman E.
- Thomas, Andrew S.W.
- Thomas, Donald A.
- Thorne, Stephen D. (Deceased)
- Thornton, Kathryn C.
- Thornton, William E. (Deceased)
- Trinh, Eugene H.
- Truly, Richard H.
V
- Van Den Berg, Lodewijk
- Van Hoften, James D. A.
- Veach, Charles Lacy (Deceased)
- Virts, Terry W., Jr.
- Voss, James S.
- Voss, Janice E. (Deceased)
W
- Walheim, Rex J.
- Walker, Charles D.
- Walker, David M. (Deceased)
- Walz, Carl E.
- Wang, Taylor
- Weber, Mary E.
- Weitz, Paul J. (Deceased)
- Wetherbee, James D.
- White, Edward H., II (Deceased)
- Whitson, Peggy A.
- Williams, Clifton C., Jr. (Deceased)
- Williams, Donald E. (Deceased)
- Wisoff, Peter J. K.
- Wolf, David A.
- Woodward III, Neil W.
- Worden, Alfred M.
Y
Z
Partner Astonaut Agencies:
International Astronaut agencies:
- CSA (Canadian Space Agency)
- ESA (European Space Agency)
- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
- RSA (Russian Federal Space Agency)
The Present:
The National Aeronautics and Space Program (NASA) program is a great program with some dedicated people who are in and have been in over the years since the inception of the space program!
The Future:
It is up to the upcoming youth to keep it going, and for it to last into the years to come. . .
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