NASA astronaut Jessica Meir gives a thumbs up after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan landed in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020.
Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII.
Astronaut Walter H. Schirra Jr. (on right), Command pilot, prepares to remove his helmet and climb from his Gemini VI spacecraft as he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp.
NASA has named these three astronauts as the prime crew of the Apollo 10 space mission.
On April 9th, 1959, in Washington D.C., America’s first seven astronauts were announced at a NASA press conference.