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The first group of astronauts was hired by NASA in 1959. From a pool of 500 applicants, seven men were selected to become the first American astronauts, known as the Mercury 7. Initially, these...
As of 2015, astronauts based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, earn between $66,026 (GS-11 step 1) and $158,700 (GS-15 step 8 and above). [5] As of the new astronaut candidate class announcement of 2024, astronaut candidates will be removed from the GS pay scale and be paid on an AD 'Administratively Determined" scale.
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Jared Taylor Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and commercial astronaut. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in January 2025 to serve as the next administrator of NASA. [3]
List of astronauts; References This page was last edited on 29 September 2024, at 05:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Europe was planning to contribute one of three labs for Space Station Freedom, before that project was evolved into the ISS project in the 1990s. ESA Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti next to the ISSpresso experimental beverage maker Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers gazes out the ISS Earth observation window, 2004 German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst on EVA as part of Expedition 41
NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams may be stranded in space aboard the Boeing Starliner until 2025 due to ongoing delays, officials have announced.
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur.During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.