NASA established the Space Task Group to manage the program, [6] which would conduct crewed sub-orbital flights with the Army's Redstone rockets and orbital flights with the Air Force's Atlas launch vehicles. While NASA intended for its first astronauts to be civilians, President Eisenhower directed that they be selected from the military.
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NASA unveils next crew of astronauts who will fly to space station
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USA TODAY: Artemis astronauts transition after return. Latest on NASA moon missions
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Amazon S3 on MSN: NASA astronauts conduct a spacewalk as they leave the ISS airlock in time-lapse
NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain complete egress of the International Space Station during a spacewalk mission. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
NASA astronauts conduct a spacewalk as they leave the ISS airlock in time-lapse