July 19, 2019 Aiming higher: Airmen contribute to human spaceflight from Apollo to tomorrow From Air Force Col. Nick Hague, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, all the way back to Buzz Aldrin, who was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War, Airmen are among the more than 60% of astronauts who came from the uniformed service.
Nov. 14, 2018 AFRL, NASA partner on aerospace physiology to spin into next era of space travel WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s not often that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosts astronauts testing in its facilities. In fact, it’s been since the 1960s. But due in part to the relationship between the Air Force and NASA as well as the location and unique capabilities of the