* 1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

* Interview with the Apollo 16 Astronauts ( 28 June 1972 ) from the Commonwealth Club of California Records at the Hoover Institution Archives.

Astronauts also used EVA in 1973 to repair launch damage to Skylab, the United States ' first space station.

Astronauts on the next three Gemini flights ( Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins and Richard Gordon ), performed several EVAs, but none was able to successfully work for long periods outside the spacecraft without tiring and overheating.

* 1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ).

* 1971 – Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.

* 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

File: Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft-GPN-2002-000039. jpg | Weightlessness simulation in plane

Astronauts Alan Shepard, who was the first American in space, and Deke Slayton later wrote of how the sight of Sputnik I passing overhead inspired them to their new careers.

Astronauts were uninterested in watching movies on a proposed entertainment center or playing games, but did want books and individual music choices.

Astronauts performed ten spacewalks, totaling 42 hours and 16 minutes.

Astronauts also found that bending over in weightlessness to put on socks or tie shoelaces strained their stomach muscles.

Astronauts usually stood to eat, as sitting in microgravity also strained their stomach muscles.

* February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.

Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William A. Anders become the first humans to see the far side of the Moon and planet Earth as a whole.

A family-approved account of Grissom's life appears in the 2003 book Fallen Astronauts by Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan.

; " The Rocket Man ": Astronauts of this story are few in number, so work as they desire for high pay.

On yet another episode, Conan gave Hanks a painting he had commissioned reflecting two of his interests: Astronauts landing on the beach at Normandy.

* A family-approved account of See's life and career appears in the 2003 book Fallen Astronauts by space historians Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan.

His short story " Light of Other Days " was a Hugo Award nominee in 1967, as was his novel The Ragged Astronauts in 1987.

Later in his career he wrote the Land trilogy ( The Ragged Astronauts, The Wooden Spaceships and The Fugitive Worlds ), set on a system of worlds where technology has evolved with no metals.

Astronauts on the International Space Station | ISS in weightless conditions.

Astronauts Conrad and Bean examined the spacecraft, and they brought back about 10 kg of parts of the Surveyor to the Earth, including its TV camera, which is now on permanent display in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C.

* February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.

Astronauts returning from space missions also commented on how fragile the Earth looked from space, further fueling calls for better stewardship of the only home humans have — for now.

He is the author of the book Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth, published by the National Geographic Society, as well as of a large number of technical scientific publications.

Astronauts Joseph P. Allen and Dale Gardner captured the two satellites and brought them into the Orbiter payload bay for stowage and return to Earth.

* Anonymous ( nd ) Earth ’ s Bulls-Eye, the Eye of Africa, Landmark for Astronauts.

Astronauts may not be able to quickly return to Earth or receive medical supplies, equipment or personnel if a medical emergency occurs.

Clubs and organizations at the school include Ambassador Corp, Asian Club, Builders Club, Cheerleaders, Christian Club, Earth Club, Eastern Club, French Club, German American Partnership Program ( GAPP ), German Club, Key Club, Latino Club, Mediterranean Club, Mu Alpha Theta, National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Native American Club, Orchestra, POM, Drumline, Math Counts, Science Club, Spanish Club, Student Council, Theatre, Visual Arts Club, Young Astronauts, UFO, Young Democrats, Latin club, and Young Libertarians.

He has said that among his most treasured achievements at NASA were his contributions to the Apollo program Lunar Landing in 1969, which fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's mandate of 1961 ; helping to rescue America's experimental space station Skylab after its near-disastrous launch into orbit on May 14, 1973, making it habitable and eminently successful for three sets of U. S. Astronauts later that year ; and also " rescuing " the backup Skylab version from being discarded so it could be publicly displayed in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, instead of being sold for scrap.

Astronauts Gerald Carr and Joe Engle, selected later, also commanded their first space flights.

80's synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby speaks of Opelousas in the first person within his song, " I Love You Goodbye " from his Astronauts and heretics album of 1992.

Garneau was one of the first Canadian Astronauts and he became the first Canadian in outer space in October 1984.

* Deke Slayton-Donald Kent " Deke " Slayton ; selected as one of the first Mercury Seven Astronauts.

Many NASA Astronauts with aviator backgrounds are referred to during spaceflights by their call signs rather than their first names.

Astronauts Charles " Pete " Conrad, Jr. and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. performed the first-ever direct-ascent ( first orbit ) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, used the Agena rocket engine to achieve a world record high-apogee earth orbit, and created a small amount of artificial gravity by spinning the two spacecraft connected by a tether.

The result was a 90 minute documentary narrated by Bill Nye titled ' Astronauts ' which first aired on PBS on 17 July 1997 and was later released on VHS home video.

In the United States and Germany Air Mail delivery was greeted with the same national enthusiasm and fanfare as was experienced with the first trips to the moon by US Astronauts.

The band put together $ 10, 000 and self-financed their first album titled Welcoming Home the Astronauts.

Astronauts were the first to observe the eruption, and alerted the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

British rock band Kula Shaker's first track on their 1999 album Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts is titled " Great Hosannah ".

Astronauts began noticing the first, easternmost lake growing in November 1998.