... Earth Satellites . ... First up, who better to start with than the тАШfirst lady of spaceтАЩ; Valentina Tereshkova. ... So under the direction of Nikita Khrushchev, Tereshkova and three other women where trained under the Russian тАШWomen in SpaceтАЩ program but only Tereshkova would make it off Earth! ... But to commemorate her historic mission there is a gleaming statue of the woman herself to commemorate her achievement of orbiting the Earth 48 times and spending nearly three days in space. ...
... Former astronauts are those who have left NASA, including those who are deceased. Astronaut . ... Former . ... Deceased . ... Bagian, James P. 1980 . ... 1978 . ... Brand, Vance D. 1966 . ... 1980 . ... Brown, David M. 1996 . ... Bursch, Daniel W. 1990 . ... A special category of astronauts typically titled payload specialist refers to individuals selected and trained by commercial or research organizations for flights of a specific payload on a space flight mission. Astronaut Fact Book . ...