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Topic: Astronaut or cosmonaut first to be born?
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Solarplexus
Member Posts: 107
From: Norway
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 10-29-2014 09:24 AM
  
Who was born first of all the astronauts and cosmonauts, flown or unflown? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-29-2014 10:34 AM
Would unflown be Robert Stevenson, born January 15, 1921? (John Glenn was born July 18, same year.) |
Neil DC
Member Posts: 140
From: Middletown, NJ, USA
Registered: May 2010
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posted 10-29-2014 11:57 AM
Amongst cosmonauts unflown Sergei Anokhin: April 1, 1910. |
Solarplexus
Member Posts: 107
From: Norway
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 10-29-2014 01:58 PM
Okay then it is: - Astronaut John Glenn. Born 18th July 1921. First (earliest) born human in space.
- Cosmonaut Sergei Anokhin. Born 1st April 1910, First (earliest) born space unflown human with astronaut/cosmonaut in his title. (If we can consider a unflown instructor/trainee as a astronaut)
Mesmerizing facts. Thanks for the answers. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-29-2014 02:18 PM
Were X-15 pilots who got their astronaut wings considered? I don't know if any of them were born before Glenn. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-29-2014 10:07 PM
Among future space travelers, cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi was born in April 1921. Astronaut John Glenn was born in July of that year. They were the first two. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 10-30-2014 03:14 AM
Joe Walker was born on February 20, 1921. He is the only X-15 test pilot to fly higher than 100 km.Georgi Beregoy was born on April 15, 1921. In 1968 he spent almost 4 days in space on board Soyuz 3. |
Solarplexus
Member Posts: 107
From: Norway
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 10-30-2014 05:30 PM
After that information the updated list will be like this, earliest born astronauts: - Astronaut/testpilot Joe Walker. Born on February 20, 1921. First (earliest) born human in space, non orbital (X-15).
- Cosmonaut Georgi Beregoy (Beregovoi). Born April 15, 1921. First (earliest) born human in space orbit (Soyuz 3).
- Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Born April 6, 1937. First (earliest) born woman in space and orbit (Vostok 6).
- Cosmonaut Sergei Anokhin. Born 1st April 1910, First (earliest) born space unflown human with astronaut/cosmonaut in his title. (If we can consider a unflown instructor/trainee as a astronaut)
Maybe the list will change in the future when space tourism is launched. Tereshkova can possibly be surpassed by another woman older than 78 years (2014), but not very likely.Interesting with Joe Walker, he was actually the first pilot that reached space in a reusable non-orbital spacecraft. Thanks for the info all. |
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