Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

The second-seat veteran of Gemini 7, and commander of Gemini 12, flew as Command Module Pilot (second seat) on Apollo 8. Lovell became the first to fly a second Apollo mission as commander of Apollo ...

Alan B. Shepard, Jr

Astronomy; Astronaut

America's first man in space on Freedom 7 was originally selected to command Gemini 3, but was medically grounded for the duration of Gemini due to Ménière's disease and assisted Slayton in Flight ...

James A. McDivitt

Astronomy; Astronaut

The commander of Gemini 4 was selected in late 1966 to command the first Earth orbital flight test of the Apollo Lunar Module with the CSM. This mission flew in March 1969 as Apollo 9. After his ...

Frank Borman

Astronomy; Astronaut

The commander of Gemini 7, was selected to command a higher Earth orbit test of the complete Apollo spacecraft. But when delays prevented the LM from being ready in time for its first flight in ...

Walter M. Schirra, Jr

Astronomy; Astronaut

Pilot of Sigma 7 and commander of Gemini 6A, was selected to command a second CSM test flight which was cancelled in late 1966, at which time he was reassigned as Grissom's backup. Twenty-one months ...

Edward H. White

Astronomy; Astronaut

A second-seat veteran of Gemini 4 who made the United States' first walk in space, was selected as Senior Pilot (second seat) on Apollo 1. White was killed with Grissom in the fire.

John W. Young

Astronomy; Astronaut

A veteran of Gemini 3 and commander of Gemini 10, flew as Command Module Pilot on Apollo 10. Young later commanded the successful Apollo 16 lunar landing.