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nasa posted this on twitter "63 years ago, Alan Shepherd made history when he launched to space as the pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission. This marked the first ever crewed flight to space. "

It’s Time to Act on Pilots’ Mental Health

New film 'Spacewoman' to celebrate NASA's Eileen Collins, 1st woman space commander and pilot

Following his childhood dream to become an astronaut, José Hernández applied 12 times year after year to NASA’s astronaut training program before being accepted in 2004 at age 42. During those years, he became a certified scuba diver, obtained his pilot’s license and learned to speak Russian