Did any of the Apollo astronauts smoke?

They smoked at the press conference in 1959 when they were introduced to the public. One of the first questions fielded from the assembled journalists was prefaced by the observation that astronauts Deke Slayton, Alan Shepard and Wally Schirra were openly smoking at the front table.

Can an astronaut be a smoker?

If smoking disqualifies you from being a commercial airline pilot then smoking DEFINITELY disqualifies you from being an astronaut. As a matter of a fact, NASA subject all their employees (including astronauts) to Random drug screening.

What happened to Apollo 1 astronauts?

Apollo 1 — Jan. 27, 1967. Astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger B. Chaffee had all been veterans of NASA’s Mercury or Gemini programs. A disaster involving the highly oxygenated air inside their capsule and a stray spark, along with the vessel’s hatch being difficult to open from the inside, resulted in the death of all three men.

Why did astronauts wear spacesuits in the Apollo program?

Spacesuits for the Apollo program had boots made to walk on rocky ground. The Apollo suits also had a life support system. The astronauts could go far away from the lunar lander because they weren’t connected to it by a hose. Spacesuits like the Apollo suits were used on the Skylab space station missions.

What was the last Apollo mission to the Moon?

In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan adjusts the U.S. flag deployed upon the Moon during the December 1972 lunar landing mission, which marked the last of NASA’s Apollo Moon landings. (Image credit: NASA) The Apollo program was the name of NASA’s project to land humans on the moon in the 1960s and early 1970s.

What was the purpose of the Apollo program?

The Apollo program was the name of NASA’s project to land humans on the moon in the 1960s and early 1970s. With the success of Apollo 11 in 1969, which put astronauts on the lunar surface for the…