Name at birth: Grace Dell NicholsNichelle Nichols played Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek television series for only three seasons, but it made her internationally famous for the rest of her life…
Twelve astronauts have walked on the moon, the last in 1972. Here are the names of those astronauts listed chronologically by the date of their walk. July 20, 1969—Apollo 11Neil Armstrong Edwin “…
Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth, 1945-2021, American astronaut and immunologist, b. Mineral Wells, Tx., Tarleton State Univ. in…
SKYLAB IN ORBITMISSION TO MIR, 1995INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONFIND OUT MOREA space station is a spacecraft designed to stay in orbit for many years. Conditions inside are carefully controlled:…
(Encyclopedia) air lock, compartment connecting two different environments, usually at different pressures, that enables personnel to transfer from one environment to the other. Space capsules have…
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