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Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Astronaut

Kevin R. Kregel

Astronomy; Astronaut

Kevin Richard Kregel is a former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Vladimir Kovalyonok

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR), was a Soviet cosmonaut. He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of ...

Oleg Kotov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (was born October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in Ukrainian SSR). After a career as a military pilot, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown two long ...

Valery Korzun

Astronomy; Astronaut

Valery Grigoryevich Korzun (born March 5, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks.

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 canceled in late 1966, at which time he was reassigned as Grissom's backup. Twenty-one months ...

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 ...

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.

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