Happy Astronaut Day!

Today is National Astronaut Day for 2024! A day to celebrate astronauts. . .

National Astronaut Day! ! !

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A Brief History:
Likeness: The holidays is designed to celebrate the merits of all astronauts.

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. 

Celebrated: Astronaut Day is celebrated on May 5th every year, founded in 2016 by the Uniphi Space Agency.

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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

  1. Ayers, Nichole

B

  1. Barratt, Michael R.
  2. Barron, Kayla
  3. Berríos, Marcos
  4. Birch, Chris
  5. Boe, Eric A.
  6. Bowen, Stephen G.
  7. Bresnik, Randolph J.
  8. Bunham, Deniz

C

  1. Cardman, Zena
  2. Cassada, Josh A.
  3. Chari, Raja

D

  1. Delaney, Luke
  2. Dominick, Matthew
  3. Douglas, Andre
  4. Dyson, Tracy Caldwell (People Page)

E

  1. Epps, Jeanette J.

F

  1. Fincke, E. Michael

G

  1. Glover, Victor J.

H

  1. Hague, Tyler N.
  2. Hathaway, Jack
  3. Hines, Bob
  4. Hoburg, Warren

K

  1. Kim, Jonny
  2. Koch, Christina H.

L

  1. Lindgren, Kjell N.

M

  1. Mann, Nicole Aunapu
  2. McArthur, K. Megan (People Page)
  3. McClain, Anne C.
  4. Meir, Jessica U.
  5. Menon, Anil
  6. Moghbeli, Jasmin
  7. Morgan, Andrew R.

O

  1. O’Hara, Loral (People Page)

P

  1. Pettit, Donald R.

R

  1. Rubins, Kathleen
  2. Rubio, Frank

T

  1. Tingle, Scott D.

V

  1. Vande Hei, Mark T.

W

  1. Walker, Shannon
  2. Watkins, Jessica
  3. Wheelock, Douglas H.
  4. Barry E. Wilmore
  5. Williams, Christopher
  6. Williams, Sunita L.
  7. Wilson, Stephanie D.
  8. Wiseman, G. Reid
  9. Wittner, Jessica
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Former Astronauts:
All former U.S. Astronauts in alphabetic order:

A

  1. Acaba, Joseph M.​
  2. Acton, Loren W.
  3. Adamson, James C.
  4. Akers, Thomas D.
  5. Aldrin, Buzz
  6. Allen, Andrew M.
  7. Allen, Joseph P.
  8. Altman, Scott D.
  9. Anders, William A.
  10. Anderson, Clayton C.
  11. Anderson, Michael P. (Deceased)
  12. Antonelli, Dominic A.
  13. Apt, Jerome
  14. Archambault, Lee J.
  15. Armstrong, Neil A. (Deceased)
  16. Ashby, Jeffrey S.

B

  1. Bagian, James P.
  2. Baker, Ellen S.
  3. Baker, Michael A.
  4. Barry, Daniel T.
  5. Bassett, Charles A., II (Deceased)
  6. Bean, Alan L. (Deceased)
  7. Behnken, Robert L
  8. Blaha, John E.
  9. Bloomfield, Michael J.
  10. Bluford, Guion S., Jr.
  11. Bobko, Karol J.
  12. Bolden, Charles F., Jr.
  13. Borman, Frank (Deceased)
  14. Brady, Charles E., Jr. (Deceased)
  15. Brand, Vance D.
  16. Brandenstein, Daniel C.
  17. Bridges, Roy D., Jr.
  18. Brown, Curtis L., Jr.
  19. Brown, David M. (Deceased)
  20. Brown, Mark N.
  21. Buchli, James F.
  22. Buckey, Jay Clark
  23. Bull, John S. (Deceased)
  24. Burbank, Daniel C.
  25. Bursch, Daniel W.

C

  1. Caldeiro, Fernando (Frank) (Deceased)
  2. Camarda, Charles
  3. Cameron, Kenneth D.
  4. Carey, Duane G.
  5. Carpenter, M. Scott (Deceased)
  6. Carr, Gerald (Deceased)
  7. Carter, Manley Lanier, Jr. (Deceased)
  8. Casper, John H.
  9. Cassidy, Christopher J.
  10. Cenker, Robert J.
  11. Cernan, Eugene A. (Deceased)
  12. Chaffee, Roger B. (Deceased)
  13. Chamitoff, Gregory E.
  14. Chang-Díaz, Franklin R.
  15. Chapman, Philip K.
  16. Chawla, Kalpana (Deceased)
  17. Chiao, Leroy
  18. Chilton, Kevin P.
  19. Clark, Laurel B. (Deceased)
  20. Cleave, Mary L. (Deceased)
  21. Clifford, Michael R.
  22. Coats, Michael L.
  23. Cockrell, Kenneth D.
  24. Coleman, Catherine G.
  25. Collins, Eileen M.
  26. Collins, Michael
  27. Conrad, Charles, Jr. (Deceased)
  28. Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr. (Deceased)
  29. Covey, Richard O.
  30. Creighton, John O.
  31. Crippen, Robert L.
  32. Crouch, Roger K.
  33. Culbertson, Frank L., Jr.
  34. Cunningham, Walter (Deceased)
  35. Curbeam, Robert L., Jr.
  36. Currie-Gregg, Nancy J.

D

  1. Davis, N. Jan
  2. Delucas, Lawrence J.
  3. Duffy, Brian
  4. Duke, Charles M., Jr.
  5. Dunbar, Bonnie J.
  6. Durrance, Samuel T.
  7. Dutton, James P.

E

  1. Edwards, Joe F., Jr.
  2. Eisele, Donn F. (Deceased)
  3. England, Anthony W.
  4. Engle, Joe H.
  5. Evans, Ronald E. (Deceased)

F

  1. Fabian, John M.
  2. Favier, Jean-Jacques
  3. Ferguson, Christopher J.
  4. Fettman, Martin J.
  5. Feustel, Andrew J.
  6. Fischer, Jack D.
  7. Fisher, Anna L.
  8. Fisher, William F.
  9. Foale, C. Michael
  10. Ford, Kevin A.
  11. Foreman, Michael J.
  12. Fossum, Michael E.
  13. Freeman, Theodore C. (Deceased)
  14. Frick, Stephen N.
  15. Fullerton, Charles G. (Deceased)

G

  1. Gaffney, F. Drew
  2. Garan, Ronald J., Jr.
  3. Gardner, Dale A. (Deceased)
  4. Gardner, Guy S.
  5. Garn, Jake
  6. Garriott, Owen K. (Deceased)
  7. Gemar, Charles D.
  8. Gibson, Edward G.
  9. Gibson, Robert L.
  10. Givens, Edward G., Jr. (Deceased)
  11. Glenn, John H., Jr. — Deceased
  12. Godwin, Linda M.
  13. Good, Michael T.
  14. Gordon, Richard F., Jr (Deceased)
  15. Gorie, Dominic L.
  16. Grabe, Ronald J.
  17. Graveline, Duane
  18. Gregory, Frederick D.
  19. Gregory, William G.
  20. Griggs, S. David (Deceased)
  21. Grissom, Virgil I. (Deceased)
  22. Grunsfeld, John M.
  23. Gutierrez, Sidney M.

H

  1. Haise, Fred W., Jr.
  2. Halsell, James D., Jr.
  3. Ham, Kenneth T.
  4. Hammond, L. Blaine, Jr.
  5. Harbaugh, Gregory J.
  6. Harris, Bernard A., Jr.
  7. Hart, Terry J.
  8. Hartsfield, Henry W., Jr. (Deceased)
  9. Hauck, Frederick H.
  10. Hawley, Steven A.
  11. Helms, Susan J.
  12. Henize, Karl G. (Deceased)
  13. Hennen, Thomas J.
  14. Henricks, Terence T.
  15. Hernández, José M.
  16. Herrington, John B.
  17. Hieb, Richard J.
  18. Higginbotham, Joan E.
  19. Hire, Kathryn P.
  20. Hobaugh, Charles O.
  21. Hoffman, Jeffrey A.
  22. Holmquest, Donald L.
  23. Horowitz, Scott J.
  24. Hopkins, Michael S.
  25. Hughes-Fulford, Millie
  26. Hurley, Douglas G.
  27. Husband, Rick D. (Deceased)

I

  1. Irwin, James B. (Deceased)
  2. Ivins, Marsha, S.

J

  1. Jarvis, Gregory (Deceased)
  2. Jemison, Mae C.
  3. Jernigan, Tamara E.
  4. Johnson, Gregory C.
  5. Johnson, Gregory H.
  6. Jones, Thomas D.

K

  1. Kadenyuk, Leonid K.
  2. Kavandi, Janet L.
  3. Kelly, Mark E.
  4. Kelly, Scott J.
  5. Kerwin, Joseph P.
  6. Kilrain, Susan L.
  7. Kimbrough, Robert Shane
  8. Kopra, Timothy L.
  9. Kregel, Kevin R.
  10. Kulin, Robb

L

  1. Lawrence, Wendy B.
  2. Lee, Mark C.
  3. Leestma, David C.
  4. Lenoir, William B. (Deceased)
  5. Leslie, Fred W.
  6. Lichtenberg, Byron K.
  7. Lind, Don L.
  8. Lindsey, Steven W.
  9. Linenger, Jerry M.
  10. Linteris, Gregory T.
  11. Llewellyn, John A.
  12. Lockhart, Paul S.
  13. Lopez-Alegria, Michael E.
  14. Loria, Christopher J.
  15. Lounge, John M. (Deceased)
  16. Lousma, Jack R.
  17. Lovell, James A., Jr.
  18. Low, G. David (Deceased)
  19. Lu, Edward T.
  20. Lucid, Shannon W.

M

  1. Magnus, Sandra H.
  2. Malerba, Franco
  3. Marshburn, Thomas H.
  4. Massimino, Michael J.
  5. Mastracchio, Richard A.
  6. Mattingly, Thomas K., II (Ken) (Deceased)
  7. McArthur, William S., Jr.
  8. McAuliffe, S. Christa (Deceased)
  9. McBride, Jon A.
  10. McCandless, Bruce (Deceased)
  11. McCool, William C. (Deceased)
  12. McCulley, Michael J.
  13. McDivitt, James A.
  14. McMonagle, Donald R.
  15. McNair, Ronald E. (Deceased)
  16. Meade, Carl J.
  17. Melnick, Bruce E.
  18. Melvin, Leland D.
  19. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Dorothy M.
  20. Michel, F. Curtis (Deceased)
  21. Mitchell, Edgar D. (Deceased)
  22. Morgan, Barbara R.
  23. Mukai, Chiaki
  24. Mullane, Richard M.
  25. Musgrave, Story

N

  1. Nagel, Steven R. (Deceased)
  2. Nelson, George D.
  3. Newman, James H.
  4. Noriega, Carlos I.
  5. Nowak, Lisa M.
  6. Nyberg, Karen L.

O

  1. O’Connor, Bryan D.
  2. Ochoa, Ellen
  3. Oefelein, William A.
  4. O’Leary, Brian T. (Deceased)
  5. Olivas, John D.
  6. Onizuka, Ellison S. (Deceased)
  7. Oswald, Stephen S.
  8. Overmyer, Robert F. (Deceased)

P

  1. Pailes, William A.
  2. Parazynski, Scott E.
  3. Parise, Ronald A. (Deceased)
  4. Parker, Robert A. R.
  5. Patrick, Nicholas J. M.
  6. Pawelczyk, James A.
  7. Payton, Gary E.
  8. Peterson, Donald H. (Deceased)
  9. Phillips, John L.
  10. Pogue, William R. (Deceased)
  11. Poindexter, Alan G. (Deceased)
  12. Polansky, Mark L.
  13. Precourt, Charles J.

R

  1. Ramon, Ilan (Deceased)
  2. Readdy, William F.
  3. Reightler, Kenneth S., Jr.
  4. Reilly, James F.
  5. Reisman, Garrett E.
  6. Resnik, Judith A. (Deceased)
  7. Richards, Richard N.
  8. Ride, Sally K. (Deceased)
  9. Robertson, Patricia C. (Hilliard) (Deceased)
  10. Robinson, Stephen K.
  11. Rominger, Kent V.
  12. Roosa, Stuart A. (Deceased)
  13. Ross, Jerry L.
  14. Runco, Mario, Jr.

S

  1. Sacco, Jr., Albert
  2. Satcher, Robert L., Jr.
  3. Schirra, Walter M., Jr. (Deceased)
  4. Schmitt, Harrison H.
  5. Schweickart, Russell L.
  6. Scobee, Francis R. (Deceased)
  7. Scott, David R.
  8. Scott, Winston E.
  9. Scully-Power, Paul D.
  10. Searfoss, Richard A. (Deceased)
  11. Seddon, Margaret Rhea
  12. See, Elliot M., Jr. (Deceased)
  13. Sega, Ronald M.
  14. Sellers, Piers J. (Deceased)
  15. Shaw, Brewster H., Jr.
  16. Shepard, Alan B., Jr. (Deceased)
  17. Shepherd, William M.
  18. Shriver, Loren J.
  19. Slayton, Donald K. (Deceased)
  20. Smith, Michael J. (Deceased)
  21. Smith Steven L.
  22. Spring, Sherwood C.
  23. Springer, Robert C.
  24. Stafford, Thomas P. (Deceased)
  25. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie M.
  26. Stewart, Robert L.
  27. Stott, Nicole P.
  28. Sturckow, Frederick W.
  29. Sullivan, Kathryn D.
  30. Swanson, Steven R.
  31. Swigert, John L., Jr. (Deceased)

T

  1. Tani, Daniel M.
  2. Tanner, Joseph R.
  3. Thagard, Norman E.
  4. Thomas, Andrew S.W.
  5. Thomas, Donald A.
  6. Thorne, Stephen D. (Deceased)
  7. Thornton, Kathryn C.
  8. Thornton, William E. (Deceased)
  9. Trinh, Eugene H.
  10. Truly, Richard H. (Deceased)

V

  1. Van Den Berg, Lodewijk
  2. Van Hoften, James D. A.
  3. Veach, Charles Lacy (Deceased)
  4. Virts, Terry W., Jr.
  5. Voss, James S.
  6. Voss, Janice E. (Deceased)

W

  1. Walheim, Rex J.
  2. Walker, Charles D.
  3. Walker, David M. (Deceased)
  4. Walz, Carl E.
  5. Wang, Taylor
  6. Weber, Mary E.
  7. Weitz, Paul J. (Deceased)
  8. Wetherbee, James D.
  9. White, Edward H., II (Deceased)
  10. Whitson, Peggy A.
  11. Williams, Clifton C., Jr. (Deceased)
  12. Williams, Donald E. (Deceased)
  13. Wilmore, Barry E.
  14. Wisoff, Peter J. K.
  15. Wolf, David A.
  16. Woodward III, Neil W.
  17. Worden, Alfred M.

Y

  1. Young, John W. (Deceased)

Z

  1. Zamka, George D.
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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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