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In August 1962, Chaffee confided in his family that he had submitted an application for the NASA astronaut training program, and informed his superiors of his desire to train as a test pilot for astronaut status. [24] In mid-1962, he was accepted in the initial pool of 1,800 applicants for the third group of NASA astronauts.
Jon Andrew McBride (August 14, 1943 – August 7, 2024) was an American naval officer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NASA.. Throughout his career with the United States Navy, McBride served as an aviator, a fighter pilot, a test pilot, and an aeronautical engineer.
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics.
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden speaks at the press conference Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2020 that announced charge in the Westwood Apple Market killing in 2003.
Voters will also weigh in on U.S. House representatives, and the Johnson County sheriff and district attorney. On Election Day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Kansas.
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.
Johnson County this week destroyed years-old ballots and election documents, a state-mandated procedure that defied the wishes of Sheriff Calvin Hayden, who pleaded for them to be preserved during ...
For its first phase, Citizens in Space selected and trained ten citizen astronaut candidates to fly as payload operators, including four astronaut candidates already in training (Maureen Adams, Steve Heck, Michael Johnson, and Edward Wright). [90] Informal educator and aerospace historian Gregory Kennedy was among those listed. [91]