The first astronauts were recruited from previous fighter pilots, and that profession was only open for males, so no female astronauts.
Only men have landed on the Moon, to date.
No woman has visited the moon yet. The first and only people who have walked on the moon were all male astronauts from the Apollo missions.
NASA first recruited astronauts in 1959 as part of the Mercury program, with the aim of selecting and training individuals to participate in human spaceflights. The original group of astronauts, known as the "Mercury Seven," were selected based on their experience as military test pilots.
The first astronauts were called the Mercury 7 because they were the first group of astronauts selected for Project Mercury, the United States' first manned spaceflight program. The "7" refers to the seven original astronauts chosen by NASA.
The first astronauts were recruited from previous fighter pilots, and that profession was only open for males, so no female astronauts.
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No female astronauts have to walk on the moon, only 12 men have been there.
No female has visited the moon yet. All the astronauts who have visited the moon so far have been male.
Only men have landed on the Moon, to date.
The first astronauts to walk on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The Mercury astronauts were the first Americans to go in Space in 1961.
A pioneer is someone who is first to do something, particularly things like going to new places. The first astronauts are pioneers as they were the first people to go into space. Since then there have been many firsts for many astronauts, like first space walks, first orbit to the moon, first visit to the moon and so on. Astronauts continue to do new things and become the first people to do them. As long as space exploration continues to develop, there will always be pioneers amongst the astronauts.
Astronauts
No woman has visited the moon yet. The first and only people who have walked on the moon were all male astronauts from the Apollo missions.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the candidates in the first contested presidential election.
The Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Sea of Tranquility.