Cosmonaut or astronaut.
Cosmonaut or astronaut.
An astronaut is a commander, pilot, or a crew member of a spacecraft. In Russia an astronaut is known as a cosmonaut.
The first black astronaut was Guion Bluford, who was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1978 and became the first black person to travel in space in 1983 as a crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
The astronaut who did not fly on Apollo 13 was Ken Mattingly. He was originally part of the Apollo 13 crew but was replaced by Jack Swigert after being exposed to German measles.
Cosmonaut or astronaut.
An astronaut commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft.
U can be a crew member or a pilot
Cosmonaut or astronaut.
An astronaut is a commander, pilot, or a crew member of a spacecraft. In Russia an astronaut is known as a cosmonaut.
Astronaut Fred w. Haise was always aApollo13 astronaut, but astronaut Thomas,K .Mattingly was replaced by a back up crew Jack Swigert.
Chen Quan is a Chinese astronaut. He was commander of the backup crew for the manned Shenzhou 7 flight in 2008.
The first black astronaut was Guion Bluford, who was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1978 and became the first black person to travel in space in 1983 as a crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Same as an astronaut. A person trained by a space program to travel into space as a crew member of the space program.
A person does not have to travel in space to be considered an astronaut. An astronaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. So technically, an astronaut could never have to leave Earth to be considered one, many Astronauts never even go to space.
All the Apollo 13 astronauts returned safely to earth, but astronaut Swigert died of cancer.
The astronaut who did not fly on Apollo 13 was Ken Mattingly. He was originally part of the Apollo 13 crew but was replaced by Jack Swigert after being exposed to German measles.