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Topic: List of astronaut and space firsts
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Rob Joyner
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From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-08-2009 04:49 PM
   
After reading that Robert Thirsk will be the first person to receive an honorary degree in space it made me wonder if there is a list of ALL the "first" things that happened in space. Is there such a list?We all know who was first in space, to spacewalk, to moonwalk, etc., but is there a list that also includes lesser known firsts such as the first to listen to music? Change clothes? Send an email? Get a haircut? Use the shuttle toilet? Wear glasses? Read a comic book? Dare I say...vomit?! Considering all the things that could be included I think the list would certainly be a long one. If no such in-depth list exists I invite all of you to help create one! Here's one: The first non-rookie shuttle mission was STS-26. |
KSCartist
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From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 07-08-2009 08:25 PM
Great idea - just a side note, the previous non-rookie mission prior to STS-26 was Apollo 11. |
Lou Chinal
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From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 07-08-2009 08:36 PM
I'm sure the list is endless, but off the top of my head - Gherman Titov was the first to vomit in space. |
Ken Havekotte
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From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-08-2009 09:43 PM
And how about Apollo 10 as another non-rookie crew besides Apollo 11, both in the same year. We all know the first all-rookie crew would be GT-4 with McDivitt and White, but here is another trivia question; Besides GT-4, can you name at least 4 (or more!) US all-rookie crews? |
Mike Dixon
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From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 07-08-2009 10:10 PM
Borman, Lovell - Gemini VII
Armstrong, Scott - Gemini VIII
Carr, Gibson, Pogue - Skylab 4 |
randy
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From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-09-2009 02:40 AM
- The first (and only) person to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft - Wally Schirra.
- Also, the first to pee on a bus tire - Yuri Gagarin.
- First golf game on the moon - Al Shepard.
- First space craft to explore Mercury - Messenger.
- First to explore Pluto and other KBOs - New Horizons.
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AstroAutos
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From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 07-09-2009 06:29 AM
Here are a few: - Mark Lee and N. Jan Davis were the first married couple to fly in space (STS-47).
- STS-94 was the first re-flight of the same crew, vehicle and payload (STS-83).
- The first mission over 7 days long was Gemini 5.
- The Voskhod 1 crew were the first to fly with no spacesuits.
- STS-6 included the first spacewalk of the space shuttle program.
- STS-41G was the first mission to include two women (Ride and Sullivan).
- STS-67 was the first shuttle mission connected to the Internet.
Keep them coming everyone! |
Richard Easton
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From: Winnetka, IL USA
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 07-09-2009 06:45 AM
I assume that unmanned firsts are also of interest. First atomic clock in space - NTS-1 also called Timation 3 - 1974. |
Max Q
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From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-09-2009 07:23 AM
Going on with the un-manned firsts: 15 November 1988 - First unmanned launch, orbit and landing of the Buran Russian Space Shuttle. |
teachspace
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From: river edge, nj usa
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 07-09-2009 10:12 AM
Gemini 4 was the first flight when the crew wore the American Flag on their suits and Gemini 5 was the first flight to have a mission patch. |
kr4mula
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From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 07-09-2009 10:42 AM
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Originally posted by Ken Havekotte:
We all know the first all-rookie crew would be GT-4 with McDivitt and White, but here is another trivia question; Besides GT-4, can you name at least 4 (or more!) US all-rookie crews?
Technically, wasn't MR-3 the first all-rookie crew?  You could count all of Mercury that way (not to mention Gagarin, et al.!). But perhaps one man a crew does not make. |
AstroAutos
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From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
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posted 07-09-2009 11:38 AM
Here's a couple more manned ones:Mark Kelly was the 1st NASA Astronaut to fly in space while being married to a member of US Congress (Gabrielle Giffords). STS-121 was the first shuttle mission to launch on 4th July (Independence Day). |
Colin Anderton
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From: Great Britain
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 07-09-2009 11:59 AM
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Originally posted by Ken Havekotte:
Besides GT-4, can you name at least 4 (or more!) US all-rookie crews?
STS-2 - Engle and Truly. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
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posted 07-09-2009 12:07 PM
Depending on your definition, Engle was not a rookie. He flew the X-15 to (at least) the edge of space. |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-09-2009 09:41 PM
First Jewish astronaut in space - Judy Resnik - who was also the first astronaut to get her hair tangled in an IMAX camera on orbit. |
derek
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From: N.Ireland.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 07-10-2009 05:12 AM
Think I read somewhere that Boris Volynov (Soyuz 5,1969) was the first Jewish space traveler - and not a CPSU member! |
Colin Anderton
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From: Great Britain
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 07-10-2009 02:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Depending on your definition, Engle was not a rookie.
Robert, I knew someone would say that! But personally, I don't really count those flights as going "into space" - not in the full sense of the phrase. But no disrespect to the pilots that flew the missions.
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jdcupp
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From: Cookeville, TN, USA
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 07-10-2009 09:27 PM
First male Chinese astronaut: Bill Anders (1968)
First female Chinese astronaut: Shannon Lucid (1985)  |
ASCAN1984
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From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-11-2009 02:29 AM
- First African American woman in space - Mae Jemison on STS-47
- First Asian American in space - Ellison Onizuka on STS-51C
- First Canadian in Space - Roberta Bondar on STS-42
- First child born to parents who both went into space - Daughter of Valentina Tereshkova and Andrian Nikolayev
- First mother in space - Anna Fisher
- First woman on a U.S. military flight - Kathy Thorton on STS-33
- First male-female spacewalk - Svetlana Savitskaya and Vladimir Dzhanibekov from Salyut 7 in July 1984
- First artwork in space - A seven pound cube flew on STS-29
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Ken Havekotte
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From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-11-2009 06:41 AM
In regards to the above post, Marc Garneau on Mission 41-G was the first Canadian to fly in space in 1984, not Bondar. In regards to the comment about the "first artwork in space," I know that Leonov and an American moonwalker have carried with them some original art pieces--even to the moon--that I'll try to confirm after the STS-127 launch occurs when more time is available. In addition, as time permits this week, I would like to include dozens more of other little-known "space firsts." |
Rob Joyner
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From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-11-2009 07:32 AM
STS-124, first bagels in space! |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-11-2009 10:20 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ASCAN1984:
First artwork in space - A seven pound cube flew on STS-29
I remember reading somewhere that Alexei Leonov took drawing pencils or crayons into orbit.
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 07-11-2009 03:06 PM
First father/son team with spaceflight experience: Alexander Volkov and Sergei Volkov.First non-test pilot U.S. astronaut to fly in space: Eugene Cernan. First U.S. astronaut in space who was not a jet-rated pilot: Sally Ride. |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-13-2009 05:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ASCAN1984:
First artwork in space - A seven pound cube flew on STS-29
Can I ask how a 7 pound cube can be considered art?
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-13-2009 07:46 AM
Plus, it wasn't the first. I believe that was "Fallen Astronaut" on Apollo 15.Edit: sorry, just read about Leonov above. And he also carried sketches on Soyuz-19. |
Lou Chinal
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From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 07-13-2009 08:54 PM
I belive Cecelia Bibby painted "Friendship 7" on the side of a Mercury spacecraft in 1962. I think she also had something to do with "Aurora 7" and "Sigma 7". |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-23-2009 06:26 AM
Only astronaut to have only flown in Gemini: Ed White. |
Max Q
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From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-23-2009 08:24 AM
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Originally posted by ilbasso:
Only astronaut to have only flown in Gemini: Ed White.
From what perspective? |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-23-2009 11:59 AM
If my memory serves me correctly, Ed White only flew in Gemini. All the other flown Gemini astronauts also flew in either Mercury or Apollo (or in Wally Schirra's case, both). |
Joe Frasketi
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From: Florida USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 07-23-2009 06:00 PM
STS 41-G of October 1984 holds four firsts: - First spaceflight to include two women (already mentioned).
- First American woman to walk in space.
- First Canadian astronaut (already mentioned).
- First crew size of 7 aboard a single shuttle spacecraft.
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Delta7
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From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 07-23-2009 10:00 PM
First Space Shuttle Commander who was not a test pilot school graduate: Jack Lousma.(Only 2 others: P.J. Weitz and Dave Walker). First NASA astronaut selectee from outside of the U.S. government: Elliott See (General Electric). |
machbusterman
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From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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posted 07-26-2009 04:15 AM
Apollo 9 - First docking of two manned spacecraft (Gumdrop/Spider).Apollo 9 - First flight of the Lunar Module. Apollo 9 - First dual EVA of the space program (Dave Scott/Rusty Schweickart). Apollo 15 - First man to drive a vehicle on the lunar surface - Dave Scott. Apollo 15 - First deep space (trans-earth) EVA - Al Worden. STS-1 - First launch of a manned spacecraft that was not previously flown unmanned in orbital flight (VERY risky!!). |
FFrench
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From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-26-2009 04:59 AM
quote:
Originally posted by machbusterman:
Apollo 9 - First docking of two manned spacecraft (Gumdrop/Spider).
First American docking, yes - but the Soviets did it first, with Soyuz 4 and 5. |
AstroAutos
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From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
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posted 07-26-2009 08:31 AM
First person to have a pee on the moon - Buzz Aldrin coming down the ladder of the LM before he set foot on the surface.. |
flight_plan
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From: Lincs
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 07-26-2009 02:26 PM
First Golfer Alan Shepard?First person to eat a corned beef sandwich (on Gemini 3) and take a camera on board a spaceship? (not 100% on that) and play a musical instrument (Harmonica Jingle Bells) Wally Schirra? First to travel from moon in a fridge (Apollo 13 crew). |
Rob Joyner
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From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-26-2009 03:09 PM
First crew to drink coffee in space - Apollo 7. |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
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posted 07-26-2009 03:48 PM
quote:
Originally posted by AstroAutos:
First person to have a pee on the moon - Buzz Aldrin coming down the ladder of the LM before he set foot on the surface.
And for the Guinness Book of World Records, the same event: first to urinate on live TV in front of over 1 billion viewers without their knowledge. |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-26-2009 03:51 PM
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Originally posted by FFrench:
First crew exchange between docked spacecraft, by EVA: Soyuz 4 and 5
First crew transfer between two docked spacecraft, without wearing pressure suits: Apollo 9. |
thump
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From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 08-03-2009 10:29 AM
From Cassutt's Who's Who in Space: First person to wear a necktie in space: Jeff Hoffman (STS-35)First Unscheduled/Unrehearsed spacewalk: Jeff Hoffman and David Griggs (STS-51D) |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-21-2009 11:37 AM
First astronaut to watch NASCAR footage in space: Doug Hurley.(Linked NASCAR.com article by cS contributor Rick Houston!) |
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