Astronauts - NASA Today 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
Active Astronauts - NASA NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows
Astronaut Requirements - NASA As NASA continues to expand human exploration in our solar system, we will need more than the currently active astronauts to crew spacecraft bound for multiple deep-space destinations NASA’s astronauts currently work as scientists on the International Space Station—a laboratory that orbits Earth approximately 240 miles above the planet’s
Humans In Space - NASA Astronauts Astronauts train for a variety of missions, including performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and preparing for missions to the Moon with Artemis Learn More about Astronauts
Become An Astronaut - NASA With NASA’s plans for the future of exploration, new astronauts will fly farther into space than ever before on lunar missions and may be the first humans to fly on to Mars
Astronaut Selection Program - NASA NASA selects astronauts from a pool of applicants with a wide variety of backgrounds From the thousands of applications received, only a few are chosen for the intensive Astronaut Candidate training program
Astronaut Fact Book - NASA As of November 2024, there are 47 active astronauts, 12 management astronauts, and 332 former astronauts or payload specialists, including those who have left NASA, and those who are deceased The spaceflights and statistics listed in this publication resulted from the vertical takeoff of an American space vehicle or Soyuz taxi flight to the
Former Astronauts - NASA While astronauts Neil A Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E Aldrin Jr , lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Columbia” in lunar orbit
Astronaut Biographies - NASA Through astronauts’ accounts and testimonies available at NASA Headquarters Library, those who haven’t flown into space, orbited the Earth, left a footprint on the moon, or performed spacewalks on the International Space Station can gain insight into the courage it takes to be an astronaut and the ways in which space exploration has changed
NASA: Artemis II Crew The crew of four astronauts will lift off on the approximately 10-day mission from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, blazing beyond Earth's grasp atop the agency's mega Moon rocket