Beyond The Wild Blue Yonder
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This is 2 of 6 caches in the Outer Space Interservice Rivalry series. The series resides just outside of the historic Kennedy Space Center. This series is dedicated to all the military personnel who became astronauts, and their respective branches of service
This cache salutes the following U.S. Air Force personnel who, through outstanding dedication, achievement, experience and education, were selected by NASA to fly to space and go "Beyond the Wild Blue Yonder." The astronauts are : Thomas D. Akers STS41,49,61,79 Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12 Apollo 11) William A. Anders (Apollo 8) Michael P. Anderson STS 89,107 Lee Joseph Archambault STS 117,119 Robert L. Behnken STS 123,130 John Elmer Blaha STS 29,33,43,58,79,81 Michael J. Bloomfield STS 86,97,110 Guion Bluford STS 8, 61A, 39,53 Karol J. Bobko STS 6,51D,51J Eric A. Boe STS 126,133 Frank F. Borman II (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) Roy D. Bridges Jr. STS 51F Curtis L. Brown Jr. STS 47, 66,77,85,95,103 Mark N. Brown STS 28,48 Duane Gene Car STS 109 John H. Casper STS 36,54,62, 77 Kevin P. Chilton STS 49, 59,76 Catherine Grace Coleman STS 73,93,Soyuz,ISS Eileen Collins STS 63,84,93,114 Michael Collins (Gemini 10th Apollo 11) L. Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (Mercury 9, Gemini 5) Richard O. Covey STS51J,26,38,61 Benjamin Alvin Drew STS 118,133 Brian Duffy STS 45,57,72,92 Charles M. Duke Jr (Apollo 16) James Patrick Dutton, Jr. STS 131 Donn F. Eisele (Apollo 7) STS 2,51I John M. Fabian STS 7,51G Soyuz, Soyuz, STS 134 Kevin A. Ford STS 128,Soyuz,ISS C. Gordon Fullerton STS 3,51F Ronald J. Garan Jr STS124,Soyuz,ISS Guy S. Gardner STS 27,35 Michael T. Good STS 125,132 Ronald J. Grabe 51J,30,42,57 Frederick D. Gregory 51B,33,44 William G. Gregory STS67 Gus Grissom (Merury 4, Gemni 3, Apollo 1) Sidney McNeill Gutierrez STS 40,59 James D. Halsell STS 65,74,83,94,101 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr STS 39,64 Susan Jane Helms STS 54,64,78,101,ISS Terence Thomas Henricks STS 44,55,70,78 Scott J. Horowitz STS 75,82,101,105 Rick Husband STS 96,107 James B. Irwin (Apollo 15) Gregory H. Johnson STS 123,134 James M. Kelly STS 102,114 Mark C. Lee STS 30,47,64,82 Steven W. Lindsey STS 87,95,104,121,133 Paul S. Lockhart STS 111,113 James A. McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) Donald R. McMonagle STS 39,54,66 Carl J. Meade STS 38,50,64 Pamela Melroy STS 92,112,120 STS 141D,27,36 Steven R. Nagel STS 51G,61A,37,55 Ellison S. Onizuka STS 51C,51L William Arthur Pailes STS 51J Gary E. Payton 51C William R. Pogue (Skylab 4) Charles J. Precourt STS 55,71,84,91 Stuart A. Roosa (Apollo 14) Jerry Lynn Ross STS 61B,27,37,55,74,88,110 Francis R. Scobee STS 41C,51L David Randolph Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15) Richard A. Searfoss STS 58,76,90 Brewster H. Shaw, Jr STS 9,61,28 Donald K. Slayton (Apollo-Soyuz) Thomas P. Stafford (Gemini 6A, 9A Apollo 10, Soyuz) Terry W. Virts, Jr STS 130, Soyuz, ISS Rex J. Walheim STS 110,122,135 Carl Erwin Walz STS 51,65,79,108,111, ISS Edward H. White (Gemini 4, Apollo 1) Alfred M. Worden (Apollo 15) Many of the astronauts who have died in the line of duty are Air Force personnel. Congratulations RamenNoodles FTF!!
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