#NASA Astronauts

[theofficialastronomy101]

Squid Nebula and Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129)

[blondebrainpowered]

View From Here

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson looks down on Earth while serving as the flight engineer on Expedition 24 to the International Space Station. August 29, 2020

Photograph by NASA, Nat Geo Image Collection

[astronotmovie]

Stepping out on the front porch. Astronaut David Scott opens the hatch to check out the view during Apollo 9, March 1969. In this pic taken by fellow astronaut Rusty Schweickart, ‘Gumdrop’, the Command Service Module is docked with ‘Spider’, the Lunar Module. A9 was the 1st flight incorporating all Apollo spacecraft components. The 10 day mission was the 2nd launched by a Saturn V rocket.

[nerdylizard5]

For Black History Month, here’s a piece I did for Black History Month last year of the first black woman in space, Dr. Mae Jemison! Also the first person of whom there’s pictures doing her job on a spaceship in two totally different contexts due to her brief appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation, as the first real astronaut to cameo in Star Trek!

[onlytiktoks]

[gwydionmisha]

DOGE Protestors Turn Their Focus on Tesla & Delayed NASA Astronauts Make It Home | The Daily Show

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[anumberofhobbies]

fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1961, unnumbered press photo) by Mike Acs Via Flickr: “Wonders of the Universe: Scientists ‘Tailoring…?’ Within the next 12 months, either a Project Mercury astronaut or his Russian counterpart will be orbiting the earth. Yet, even at this late date, no suitable space suit has been developed which would permit the astronaut to move freely into the hostile environment of space outside the satellite or around on the lunar surface. While in the past, the problem of designing an acceptable space suit was not considered difficult, as the time approaches when the suit should become operational it no longer appears an easy task. To point up the difficulty of this problem, at least three companies are engaged actively in trying to design a suit to cope with space conditions.” At this point, unfortunately, the affixed newspaper caption has been cut off…aaargh. I would’ve loved to have read the rest of it! I I wish there was a repository of Dr. Levitt’s “Wonders of the Universe” articles. And if there is, I haven’t found it. There are too many wonderful, quirky, impeccable, amusing, implausible, etc., etc. things going on here to enumerate. John Gorsuch…’nuff said. Enjoy.

[gone2soon-rip]

WILLIAM ANDERS (1933-Died June 7th 2024,at 90.Plane crash).American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, he circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth, including the Christmas Eve Genesis reading. During one of the mission's lunar orbits with Apollo 11, he took the iconic Earthrise photograph,on Christmas Eve 1968.Earthrise - Wikipedia

[gemini-enthusiast]

Hilariously funny that the guy known for wandering off without warning to look at birds was allowed to do this

[theofficialastronomy101]

[finovatedaily]

NASA's All-Female Spacewalk Overcomes Glove Glitch in Orbit

NASA’s All-Female Spacewalk: Glove Mishap, Historic Firsts, and ISS Upgrades On May 1, 2025, NASA once again etched history in the stars as two pioneering astronauts, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, embarked on the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk. While the operation progressed with mission-critical upgrades to the International Space Station (ISS), it also drew attention for a minor, yet…

[astronotmovie]

The view ain’t all that bad. Apollo 9 astronaut David Scott takes it all in in this epic photograph by crewmate Rusty Schweickart, March 1969. The 10-day mission commanded by James McDivitt saw the first crewed flight of the Lunar Module.

[newstoday365]

NASA astronauts return after an unplanned nine-month mission in space.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned to Earth after an unexpectedly extended stay in space.

Originally, the duo planned to spend just a week aboard the International Space Station (ISS) following their June launch on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. However, due to technical issues, their stay stretched to over nine months.

At last, Williams and Wilmore have splashed down safely, returning to Earth inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule. They departed the ISS at 1:05 a.m. ET on Tuesday, alongside NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The four-person team, known as Crew-9, landed off the coast of Florida at approximately 5:57 p.m. ET. Read More.....