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Colin Michael Foale CBE (/ f oʊ l /; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. [1] He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the second Briton in space and the first to perform a ...
Thus, in 1978, a new group of 35 astronauts was selected after 9 years without new astronauts, including the first American female astronauts, with one of them, Judith Resnik, also being the first Jewish American astronaut, as well as the first African-American astronauts to fly, Guion Bluford and Frederick D. Gregory (the first black astronaut ...
The flags indicate the astronaut's primary citizenship during his or her time as an astronaut. The symbol identifies female astronauts. The symbol indicates astronauts who have left low Earth orbit. The symbol indicates astronauts who have walked on the Moon. The symbol † indicates astronauts who have died in incidents related to a space program.
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights.
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut.He is a public speaker [2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.
Neil Armstrong being awarded the first medal by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, with subsequent recipients Borman and Conrad seated. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize "any astronaut who in the performance of his or her duties has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the ...
Shepherd during Soyuz winter survival training in March 1998 near Star City, Russia William Shepherd on the ISS as commander of Expedition 1. After Shepherd was selected for NASA Astronaut Group 10 in 1984, [6] rumors spread that he had answered a standard interview question about what he did best by saying, "kill people with knives" [7] but he later refused to confirm or deny the account ...
Winston Elliott "Win" Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut.He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes.