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Bookmark or Share- Astronaut | Definition, Facts, & Training | BritannicaAstronaut, designation, derived from the Greek words for ‘star’ and ‘sailor,’ commonly applied in the West to an individual who has flown in outer space. As of 2022, 587 individuals from 41 countries had gone into orbit; 518 of these space fliers were men and 69 were women.
- Active Astronauts - NASAGuion S. Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows. Nichole Ayers was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class.
- Astronauts - NASAToday there are usually seven astronauts living on board at any given time, from a variety of countries. The first class of NASA astronauts was selected in 1959. They are known as the Mercury 7. Since inception, NASA has selected 360 astronaut candidates: 299 men, 61 women; 212 military, 138 civilians; 191 pilots, 159 non-pilots.
- Astronaut - WikipediaAn astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
- Astronauts could be stuck in space for eight months, Nasa says - BBCNasa has repeatedly said that it is committed to developing two independent means to take crew and cargo into space. It is likely that the Space Agency will give Boeing every chance to do that.
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