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The first Indian Astronaut was Rakesh Sharma, who was a pilot in the Indian Air force. Since then not many indians have gone to space. However there has been a few Indian origin ( who had Indians as their mother or father) astronauts at the NASA such as Kalpana Chawla ( died while re entry of the Space Shuttle Coloumbia), Sunita Williams.
Seven. The max crew is eight.
Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Columbia shuttle disaster, and Sunita Williams, an active astronaut with NASA, are of Indian ancestry.
Last of the Ghetto Astronauts was created in 1995.
If they ended up as astronauts... what would make you think that they couldn't handle such minor job?
No astronauts have died on the moon. All astronauts who have traveled to the moon returned safely to Earth.
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Seven astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
Seven astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 space accident: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
no, all the astronauts on the final mission of columbia died during reentry.
Seven astronauts lost their life's during the Columbia disaster.
NO, they died halve way!+
I know only one astronaut , he was John Swigert, he died of bone marrow cancer.
astronauts died of thirst rather than drink their own recycled water
There were a total of 12 astronauts who walked on the moon.
As of October 2023, more than 350 American astronauts have traveled to space. Tragically, 16 astronauts have lost their lives during space missions or training accidents, including the Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003. These events underscored the inherent risks of space exploration.