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Astronauts
1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space

1992 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time

1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts

1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit

1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage

1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair

1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land

1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours

1973 Skylab 3's astronauts, Bean, Garriott and Lousma, launched

1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land

1972 Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon

1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface

1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon

1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon

1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth

1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis

1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee

1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5

1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)

1962 U.S. space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts

1959 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts

1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury

1940 Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS 83, 94

1931 Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo



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