" Steve will be sorely missed by the Astronaut Office ," said Janet Kavandi, director of Flight Crew Operations.

* Pre-Recorded Q & A with Steve Robinson in NASA's Astronaut Flight Lounge ;-Select " Steve Robinson " from the Astronauts tab

* Steve Burns as Astronaut

Indianapolis 500 winners Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Rodger Ward ; off-road champions Mickey Thompson, Ivan Stewart, Jack Flannery, Walker Evans ; international off road competitor, Rod Hall ; power boat champion Bill Muncey, movie-and television stars James Garner and Steve McQueen ; Comedian, Mort Sahl ; Astronaut, Gordon Cooper, are among the many racing and entertainment luminaries who competed in the Mint 400.

On the Upright Citizens Brigade's sketch series on Comedy Central, Roberts was often seen as the UCB Agent Antoine, but also portrayed many other sketch characters such as Steve Youngblood and Astronaut Mike Birchwood.

Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson anchored to the end of Canadarm2 during STS-114

Today, he looked like an Astronaut who had left his vitamin pills on the bureau and spent six months in space: hollow eyes, hollow cheeks, hollow stomach.

alt = Astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands on the Moon

image: Ap17 schmitt falls. ogg | Astronaut Harrison Schmitt falls while on a Moonwalk.

*" Former Military Astronaut Among Hijack Victims ", an article by Robert Pearlman on the SPACE. com website, dated September 16, 2001

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes the Lunar Flag Assembly | United States flag on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

* 1995 – Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

The narrator flies his craft, the " Astronaut ," to visit diminutive beings on Mars.

On 1 August 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin left the Fallen Astronaut on the surface of the Moon as a memorial to all the American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts that died in the Space Race, with Yuri Gagarin listed among 14 others.

Astronaut and friend of ZZ Top, Michael Fossum, was given the released single to listen to on his trip to the International Space Station.

Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 | MR-4 spacesuit on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame

White was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1993 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame on July 18, 2009.

Astronaut crews have performed vital servicing tasks on Hubble through four servicing missions since December 1993 in order to extend operating life with the replacement of aging hardware and enhancing scientific capability through the installation of advanced science instruments.

A minor controversy came to light when Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers revealed on Marcy Playground's website forum that the cover art for Shapeshifter had originally been conceptualized and commissioned by Leary for his band's aborted After the Astronaut album.

Yet Glenn resigned from the NASA Astronaut Corps on January 30, 1964, well before even the first Gemini crew was assigned.

Komarov's name also appears on a plaque left at Hadley Rille on the Moon by the commander of Apollo 15, David Scott, along with a small sculpture representing the " Fallen Astronaut " on August 1, 1971.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, an engineer before he participated in NASA's Apollo program, personally told Doohan on stage at Doohan's last public appearance, " From one old engineer to another, thanks, mate.

The Astronaut Pushers released a self-titled, four-song EP on their own label, Runway Network, in 2005.

Komarov is commemorated in two memorials left on the Lunar surface: one left at Tranquility Base by Apollo 11, and the Fallen Astronaut plaque left by Apollo 15.

In Belgium, Pop Art was represented by Paul Van Hoeydonck, whose sculpture Fallen Astronaut was left on the moon during one of the moon missions.

* Paul W. Richards, American Astronaut who flew on Mission STS-102 a board The Space Shuttle Discovery

Coburn also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, both times as the murder victim in " The Case of the Envious Editor " and " The Case of the Angry Astronaut.

Astronaut candidates receive training on shuttle systems and in the basic sciences which include mathematics, guidance and navigation, oceanography, orbital dynamics, astronomy, and physics.

Upon completion of training, Husband was named the Astronaut Office representative for Advanced Projects at Johnson Space Center, working on Space Shuttle Upgrades, the Crew Return Vehicle ( CRV ) and studies to return to the Moon and travel to Mars.

The plan was for him to move to the rear of the spacecraft and strap himself into the Air Force's Astronaut Maneuvering Unit ( AMU ).

image: Astronaut Harrison ' Jack ' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth ( Apollo 17 EVA-1 ). jpg | Harrison Schmitt posed with the American flag and Earth in the background during Apollo 17's first EVA.

The playing of the Ride is such a strong tradition that the music was used during Apollo 17 to awaken Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a Caltech alumnus.

File: Astronaut Harrison ' Jack ' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth ( Apollo 17 EVA-1 ). jpg | Schmitt poses by the American flag, with Earth in the background, during Apollo 17's first EVA.

Astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121, a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques.

When the US Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 his family lent it the spacesuit worn by Grissom during Mercury 4 along with other personal artifacts belonging to the astronaut.

Astronaut Nancy J. Currie wears the Timex Ironman Triathlon Datalink model 78401 during STS 88.

* Jerry Alan Whittredge, dubbed the " Great Astronaut Impersonator ", arrested in 1998 after talking his way into NASA's Mission Control during a Space Mission, being given VIP tours of two Navy bases and receiving information about the space shuttle.

Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee is shown at console in the Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas during Gemini 3's flight

As a result, during the next two years The Company would also proceed to open the world ’ s first private Astronaut training facility, continue vehicle development, and test propulsion and recovery systems.

His technical assignments since then have included: EVA, or " space walks ", RMS ( Remote Manipulator System, or " robotic arm "), and chase team ; support crewman for STS 41-B, STS 41-C and STS 51-A ; spacecraft communicator ( CAPCOM ) during STS 41-B, STS 41-C, STS 41-D, STS 51-A and STS 51-D ; Chief of the Mission Support Branch ; member of the 1990 Astronaut Selection Board ; Acting Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office, Chief of the Astronaut Office EVA and Robotics Branch, and Astronaut Office Branch Chief for Kennedy Space Center Operations Support.

Technical assignments have included: involvement in the upgrade of the Shuttle Mission Simulator ( SMS ), development of the Flight Data File ( FDF ), lead of the astronaut launch support team responsible for crew ingress / strap-in prior to launch and crew egress after landing ; monitored the refurbishment of OV-102 and OV-103 during ground turnaround processing ; lead spacecraft communicator ( CAPCOM ), Astronaut Office Lead of Shuttle Operations, and Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations Directorate.

He completed three spacewalks during this mission, and set two new records during his final EVA on Saturday, 18 August: he is the Canadian with the most spacewalks ( 3 ); and he passed Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield in total EVA time.

Astronaut Linda Godwin translates along the longeron of Atlantis ' cargo bay starboard side during EVA1.

Garriott is a member of the following organizations: American Astronautical Society ( fellow ), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ( associate fellow ), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Space Explorers ( board of directors ), Astronaut Scholarship Foundation ( vice president and vice chairman ). Garriott with ham radio during STS-9 training in 1983

Also this was the second joint U. S .- Russian space walk outside a Space Shuttle, following on the work conducted by Astronaut Scott Parazynski and Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov outside Atlantis while docked to the Mir Space Station during the STS-86 mission in October 1997.

Cabana has served as a spacecraft communicator ( CAPCOM ) in Mission Control during Space Shuttle missions, and as Chief of Astronaut Appearances.

Among the honors he received during his career were the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Air Force Senior Pilot Astronaut Wings, and the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross.