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Astronauts Day is an American holiday, dedicated to NASA astronauts and their achievements. It is a "floating" holiday, observed on the last Friday of...

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three...

literally "heaven-sailing staff"). Since 1961, 600 astronauts have flown in space. Until 2002, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments...

on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. International Day of Human Space Flight Astronauts Day Cosmonautics Day Yuri's Night Wall, Mike (May...

selection of the "Mercury Seven" as its first astronauts. Since then, NASA has selected 22 more groups of astronauts, opening the corps to civilians, scientists...

brought to Earth by ancient astronauts were interpreted as evidence of divine status by early humans. The idea that ancient astronauts existed and visited Earth...

group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their...

for the professional 220-size film used by the astronauts' Hasselblad, making R&R a convenient same-day trip for NASA's critical need.[citation needed]...

2011 Jubilee stamp, Ukraine, 2011 Astronauts Day Yuri's Night Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cosmonautics Day. Государственная Дума. Федеральный...

honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted...

particularly those of NASA. The Astronauts Memorial has been designated by the U.S. Congress "as the national memorial to astronauts who die in the line of duty"...

astronauts later flew unused Apollo command modules in the Apollo Applications Program's Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. Of the 24 astronauts who...

incident, the astronauts were called before a closed session of a Senate committee and never flew in space again. The three astronauts and an acquaintance...

of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence. The astronauts had the Earth's South Pole facing upwards and the Sun above them (in spatial...

the astronauts. The most well known include Earthrise, taken by William Anders on Apollo 8, and The Blue Marble, taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts. The...

which train and/or hire their own professional astronauts. More than 500 people have trained as astronauts. A list of everyone who has flown in space can...

of a more vintage brand, will adorn a SpaceX rocket that is to carry astronauts to the space station in May". The New York Times. Archived from the original...

Curse of the Black Spot", Mark Sheppard as Canton in "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon", and Daniel Mays as Alex in "Night Terrors". Other guest...

of 32 Apollo astronauts who were sent to Iceland for training in geology for crewed lunar missions. Fourteen of the trainee astronauts later flew to...

spaceflight. Astronauts Day National Astronaut Day Asteroid Day Astronomy Day World Space Week "UN Resolution A/RES/65/271, The International Day of Human...

Mercury Seven astronauts due to a temporarily high bilirubin count. He was accepted in September 1962 as one of the second group of astronauts needed for...