Astronauts In Space

Gene cernan the most recent astronaut to walk on the moon.
Astronauts in space. The term astronaut derives from the greek words meaning space sailor and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard nasa spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Loren shriver who commanded the space shuttle to a record altitude of 380 miles above the earth. The space agency has a motto of vote while you float for astronauts. Jerry ross who set records with 7 missions and 9 spacewalks.
Like other forms of absentee voting voting from space starts with a federal postcard application or fpca nasa. More than 560 people have been trained as astronauts. For a list of everyone who has flown in space see list of space travelers by name. An astronaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command pilot or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
David wolf the first person to vote from space. Members of the space program of russia or the soviet union are referred to as cosmonauts. The term astronaut has been maintained as the title for those selected to join the nasa corps of astronauts who make space sailing their career profession.