
	Where results make sense

Topic: List of astronauts by name

Related Topics

List of astronauts by selection

List of the most popular names in the 1960s in the United States

Spaceflight records

List of lunar astronauts

Astronaut

Andy Thomas

Yuri Glazkov

Richard Richards

John Casper

Michael Baker

Henry Hartsfield

List of reference tables

Expedition 4

Michael Foale

Mark Brown

In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Astronaut
		By convention, an astronaut employed by the Russian or Soviet government is called a cosmonaut.
		On March 14, 1995 astronaut Norman Thagard[?] became the first American to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle arguably becoming the first American cosmonaut in the process.
		In 1998 the European Space Agency formed a single astronaut corps of 18 by dissolving the former national corps of France, Germany and Italy.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Cosmonaut.html (356 words)

	Wikinfo \| Astronaut
		An astronaut, cosmonaut or taikonaut is a person who travels into space, or who makes a career of doing so.
		By convention, an astronaut employed by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or its Soviet predecessor is called a cosmonaut.
		Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media based on the term "taikong" (太空 in pinyin: tai4 kong1), Chinese for space.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Cosmonaut (749 words)

	astronaut: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In addition to flight training, astronauts are required to have thorough knowledge of all aspects of space science, such as celestial mechanics and rocketry.
		U.S. astronauts receive a special qualification badge, known as the Astronaut Badge upon completion of Astronaut training and participation in a space flight.
		Astronauts are also required to accrue a number of flight hours in high-performance jet aircraft.
	www.answers.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/astronaut (1877 words)

	Speakers Platform: Keynote Speakers on astronauts
		Please note: This is a partial list of the speakers we represent on Astronauts.
		Now Buzz, as Starcraft Enterprises - the name of his private space endeavors - is lecturing and traveling throughout the world to pursue and discuss his and others' latest concepts and ideas for exploring the universe.
		Astronaut Mike Mullane is a 1967 graduate of West Point and holds a Master's of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
	www.speaking.com /speakerindexes/astronauts.html (839 words)

	Contacting Astronauts and Cosmonauts
		Because of the extremely high volume of e-mail they would receive if their addresses were public, astronauts' e-mail addresses are restricted.
		NASA requires all requests for astronaut appearances to be in writing, giving us the date, location and any aspects of the program.
		Pilot astronauts must have at least 1,000 hours of experience in jet aircraft, and they need better vision than mission specialists.
	www.astronautix.com /articles/connauts.htm (495 words)

	UFO Evidence : Astronaut Sightings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The following are excerpts of conversations from Apollo Astronauts on the Moon to Mission Control - which show that the Astronauts came across some strange and hard-to-explain structures and unusual sightings of unidentified craft - while on the surface of the Moon.
		An excerpt of an interview given by former astronaut Gordon Cooper - Mercury 9, Gemini 5 - to OMNI Magazine in 1980, where he is asked about astronaut sightings of UFOs and about his own UFO sighting when he was an Air Force pilot in Germany in the 1950s.
		It shows that images of the object that appears in the photographs taken September 13, 1966 from the Gemini 11 spacecraft and the verbal testimony of the astronauts are not consistent with the claim by NORAD that the object was the Russian Proton 3 satellite (and its booster rocket) at a distance of 450 km.
	www.ufoevidence.org /topics/astronauts.htm (974 words)

	Your top 10 names for the tenth planet - space - 08 August 2005 - New Scientist Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Many considered this the obvious favourite for naming the new planet, since Roman mythology has it that Pluto (or Hades, in Greek mythology) kidnapped Persephone, and made her his wife.
		Nibiru, is the name ancient Babylonians gave to a heavenly body associated with their chief deity, Marduk.
		Dishan Marikar, of Victoria, Australia, suggested the name Bolero, “as it was famously used in the soundtrack for the movie 10 with Bo Derek and Dudley Moore.
	space.newscientist.com /article/dn7811 (1092 words)

	List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of all astronauts directly associated with NASA's Apollo program.
		There were 29 astronauts that flew in an Apollo spacecraft, 24 of whom left Earth's orbit and flew around the Moon (Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 didn't leave low Earth orbit).
		12 of those astronauts landed on the Moon and walked on its surface, and six of those drove a Lunar rover on the Moon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_lunar_astronauts (1205 words)

	List of reference tables
		List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures
		General lists of armies: by number, by name
		List of songs which have the word Song in title or lyr
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_reference_tables.html (1037 words)

	Rendezvous Docking Simulator -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel ...
		To accomplish this task it was essential that Apollo astronauts be trained in all aspects and problems likely to arise in an attempt to dock the Apollo Command and Lunar Excursion Modules in lunar orbit.
		The Rendezvous Docking Simulator gave the astronauts the experience of docking the spacecraft in a safe environment that closely resembled a space environment.
		Only when the Apollo astronauts had successfully mastered rendezvous and docking skills in the Rendezvous Docking Simulator would NASA give permission for the attempt to land on the moon.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/ren.htm (330 words)

	CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top 100 - 11 to 100 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Named Wilfrid after the hero of a Walter Scott novel, Laurier’s matinée-idol looks and golden voice seemed made for the silver screen.
		Known as one of the most reliable defencemen in the NHL for nearly 22 years, he was credited with bringing “honour” to hockey by refusing to fight on the ice, while others claim he invented the slap shot.
		She had the courage to reach beyond the bounds of earth and became one of Canada's first astronauts, and the first neurologist in space.
	www.cbc.ca /greatest/greatcanadians (4388 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Space
		Astronauts (first row, left to right) Roberta Bondar, Chris Hadfield, Robert Thirsk, Bjarni Tryggvason, and (second row, left to right) Marc Garneau, Steve Maclean, Julie Payette and Dave Williams pose for a photo at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in St. Hubert, Que., on Friday, Sept. 26, 2003.
		The Canadian Astronaut Program was born when the NRC whittled down the list to six bona fide astronauts-in-training.
		Garneau, who was named president of the Canadian Space Agency in November 2001, returned to orbit in 1996 and 2000 on Endeavour, logging 677 hours in space.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/space/canada_astronauts.html (882 words)

	Lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		List of city nicknames (with a separate list of city nicknames in the United States)
		List of countries by name, by capital, by government
		List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition
	art.abcworld.net /Lists (1027 words)

	USAJOBS -
		As astronauts, they are part of a select group who probably have some of the most recognizable names in our country.
		Today, aspiring astronauts compete with an average of 3,500 other applicants for about 20 slots as mission specialists or pilot astronauts that open up every two years.
		They participate in the basic astronaut training program which is designed to develop the knowledge and skills required for formal mission training upon selection for a flight.
	www.usajobs.opm.gov /EI49.asp (962 words)

	Columbia: What's in a name?
		Ever since I was an eyewitness to the beginning of the space shuttle Columbia accident on Feb 1, 2003 and put up a web page with my observations, I've had lots of conversations with people about the accident and space shuttle Columbia itself.
		The name Columbia is a derivation of Christopher Columbus' name for the first permanently-sustained discovery of the Americas.
		It was lost on re-entry with its crew of 7 astronauts on Feb 1, 2003.
	ian.kluft.com /shuttle/columbia-whats-in-a-name.html (732 words)

	List of reference tables - Gurupedia
		List of mountains on Io List of craters on Mars
		List of windmills: UK List of watermills: UK List of the world's tallest structures
		List of Judicial Committees of the Privy Council and House of Lords cases
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_reference_tables.htm (1148 words)

	Mission Participation and Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		European astronauts are involved in many of the world's spaceflight missions.
		A list of past and future planned missions can be found on our Astronauts in Space page.
		Since then the list of missions flown by European astronauts, most of them supported by the EAC, has lengthened substantially.
	www.spaceflight.esa.int /file.cfm?filename=astmissptsup (208 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Astronauts and models join Euro-race
		Even euro-enthusiasts admit that the European Parliament is not necessarily the place to become a household name - but this year's crop of candidates might help to change that.
		Nora Baumbergova - her real name - is standing for a party called the Independent Initiative, formerly known as the Independent Erotic Initiative.
		Vladimir Remek is the only Czech astronaut to date; his 1978 Soyuz mission made him the first person in space who was neither Russian nor American.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3756641.stm (791 words)

	NASAexplores - Express Lessons and Online Resources
		Over half of all astronauts were in scouting.
		The newest kind of astronaut is the education mission specialist.
		To discover which states astronauts were born in, and to identify these states on a map.
	www.nasaexplores.com /search_nav_k_4.php?id=02-062&gl=k4 (327 words)

	[meteorite-list] Astronauts to get Moon Rocks in Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Each astronaut or their surviving family will be presented with a lunar
		He was one of 14 astronauts selected in October 1963.
		name to help inspire a new generation of explorers.
	six.pairlist.net /pipermail/meteorite-list/2005-June/175448.html (693 words)

	human spaceflight: Information from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The explosion was traced to a failure of an O-ring, a seal in a solid rocket booster used during the launch.
		Although the primary objective of landing the first astronaut on the moon was achieved, the program did not, to the bitter disappointment of many, directly lead to the establishment of a permanent lunar base.
		On each mission, two of the three astronauts involved landed on the moon; thus, in the late 1960s and early 1970s NASA's Apollo program landed twelve men on the Moon--returning them all to Earth.
	www.answers.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/human-spaceflight (1851 words)

	Astronauts
		astronauts, Astronaut, Astronaut - Astronaut deaths, Astronaut - Astronaut training, Astronaut - International astronauts, Astronaut - International variations, Astronaut - Space milestones, Astronaut - Trivia, List of astronauts by name, List of astronauts by selection, Timeline of astronauts by nationality, List of human spaceflights: 1961-1986, 1987-1999, 2000-present.
		Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Creighton became an astronaut in August 1979.
		When informed by NASA of his selection for astronaut training, he was assigned to the test directors section of Marine Air Control Squadron Three, a unit responsible for the testing and evaluation of the Marine Tactical Data System.
	www.experiencefestival.com /astronauts/page/3 (1451 words)

	UFOS at close sight: UFOs and astronauts, NASA
		In June 1965, astronauts Ed White (first American to walk in space) and James McDivitt were passing over Hawaii in a Gemini spacecraft when they saw a weird-looking metallic object.
		Some of us remember hearing one of the astronauts refer to a "light" in or on a crater during the television transmission, followed by a request from mission control for further information.
		Astronaut Walter Schirra on abord Sigma 7 flight MA-8 on October 3, 1962, reported a faint luminosity of a patchy nature while south of Madagascar, looking in the general direction of India as follows: [1] [2]
	ufologie.net /htm/astronauts.htm (3059 words)

	List of astronauts by name
		Neil Armstrong, (born 1930), US astronaut, first on the Moon
		Marc Garneau, (born 1949), astronaut, first Canadian in space
		Mark Shuttleworth[?], Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte[?], astronaut
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_astronauts_by_name.html (70 words)

	Astronaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As of September 9, 2006, a total of 454 humans have reached space according to the U.S. definition, 448 people qualify under the FAI definition, while 444 people have reached Earth orbit or beyond.
		The first known use of the term "astronaut" in the modern sense was by Neil R. Jones in his short story The Death's Head Meteor in 1930.
		The youngest person to fly in space is Russian Gherman Titov, who was roughly 26 years old when he flew Vostok 2 (he was also the first to suffer "space sickness"), and the oldest is John Glenn, who was 77 when he flew on STS-95.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Astronaut (1409 words)

	Microscopic Astronauts
		Astronauts, like everyone else, carry microbes with them wherever they go.
		Here on Earth, yeast is perhaps the oldest domesticated organism, used for millennia to bake breads and brew beer.
		In space, astronauts are going to want to do those things, too, eventually.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2004/23feb_yeastgap.htm?list98475 (1185 words)

	Young Astronauts Club - Band page with MP3 music downloads on SoundClick
		Young Astronauts Club is the main musical vehicle of musician Neil P. Howlett and friends.
		Howlett is one of, if not the first musician to feature Young Astronauts Club music on the soon-to-be incredibly successful MySpace website, and pioneers usage of this and other internet sites as a way to share new music with fans, with immense success.
		Audioslave releases "Be Yourself", which sounds virtually identical to Young Astronauts Club's "Turn On The Lights" from 1997, and the song "Swallowed By The Sea" by The Chainletter [which was based on the Howlett-penned song].
	www.soundclick.com /youngastronautsclub (2576 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office of Film and Broadcasting
		Director Maurice Cloche portrays the poverty of the times and the cruelty of the regime in starkly convincing fashion, providing a solid historical framework within which Pierre Fresnay's performance in the title role shines with a warm compassion and spiritual intensity which most viewers will find irresistably compelling.
		High on the list of great religious movies.
		The central narrative follows the struggle of two astronauts (Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood) to wrest control of their spacecraft from HAL, a talking computer (voice of Douglas Rain), on a half-billion-mile trip to Jupiter and the unknown.
	www.usccb.org /fb/vaticanfilms.htm (4278 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)