Thursday, 29 May 2025

45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group


Sixteen of 19 astronaut candidates named on May 29, 1980, and two European trainees as payload specialists pose for photographers in the briefing room in the public affairs facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. via NASA https://ift.tt/mfSFpLX
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