U.S. Astronauts

  • August 2022 FAS Meeting

    The Space Race – Other Hidden Figures Forsyth Astronomical Society August 2022 Meeting Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 pm Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks) 400 West Hanes Mill Road Winston-Salem, NC https://north.kaleideum.org/visit/directions/ Andrea Nichols will be briefly discussing lesser-known space race faces and places, such as the astronaut training at Morehead Planetarium and the women of…

  • Going Commercial

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 12. In 1958, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed. NASA is a civilian agency responsible for overseeing the United States space program. Commercial companies have played a significate role in the design, development, and manufacture of the hardware and software required to put U.S. spacecraft into space.…