Astronaut Vans

Astronaut Vans. Strahan flies to space with astronaut’s daughter ‘Wow!’ by Marcia Dunn TV celebrity and former NFL football great Michael Strahan right hugs Laura Shepard Churchley the oldest daughter of.

Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos’ rocketlaunching company Saturday sharing.

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Mark T Vande Hei was selected by NASA in 2009 Born in Virginia then raised in New Jersey and Minnesota Vande Hei earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Saint John’s University and a Master of Science in Applied Physics from Stanford University He was commissioned in the US Army through the ROTC program and served as a combat engineer.

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To complete the short distance from the crew operations and checkout building to the launch platform a special van was purchased that became known as “the Astronaut Van” It was technically known as the Astronaut Transfer Van or simply the Astrovan This small van was not a production model and it was custombuilt for this unique purpose.

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Topic Mercury Gemini Apollo astronaut transfer vans astronut Member Posts 1016 From Washington IL Registered Jan 2006 posted 06182011 1022 AM Can anyone share information about and/or photos of the astronaut transfer vehicles used for the Mercury Gemini and Apollo eras? I know that the space shuttle Astrovan/Airstream has been in service since STS9 (1983).