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  2. List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released ...

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    Story is probably, but not certainly, a daydream. [15] Roger McMillan The Final Breaths of Astronaut Roger McMillan on the US Glory (2012), web video U.S. Glory (geosynchronous space station) Orion CM (shown on Glory's computer screens) Near Future NASA astronaut monitoring orbit of meteor named "Vanessa". [16] International Space Station:

  3. List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era) - Wikipedia

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    "A Man for the Moon" (1960), short story United States Navy Screaming Mimi Near future Candidates for first Moon flight. [2] [3] William Blood Leo Two other astronauts Man in the Moon (1960), film United Kingdom: National Atomic Research Studies [?] and Technological Development (NARSTI) Near future British astronaut Blood makes failed Moon ...

  4. List of fictional astronauts (Project Mercury era) - Wikipedia

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    Maj. William Gart (actor Jim Hutton) panics in And When the Sky Was Opened (1959 episode of The Twilight Zone) Jose Jimenez (comedian Bill Dana) in spacesuit on The Bill Dana Show The following is a list of fictional astronauts from the era of Project Mercury and the Vostok programme , the beginning of the "Golden Age" of space travel.

  5. Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise ...

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    William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was ...

  6. List of United States Navy people - Wikipedia

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    Wally Schirra – naval aviator, astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6A and Apollo 7) Alan Shepard – naval aviator and flag officer (Rear Admiral), first American in space (Mercury-Redstone 3) and Apollo 14 commander; William Shepherd – Navy SEAL, astronaut (STS-27, STS-41, STS-52) Thomas P. Stafford – aviator and astronaut (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A ...

  7. Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took 'Earthrise' photo ...

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    (Reuters) -Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday ...

  8. William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took 'Earthrise' photo ...

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    William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous “Earthrise” photo, died Friday after a small plane he was in crashed in the water ...

  9. Homer Hickam - Wikipedia

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    Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts.His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.