The First National Astronaut Day
Today, May 5, 2016, marks the first celebration of the NEW National Astronaut Day , created by marketing and management firm Uniphi Space Agency , who represents and arranges travel for astronauts to special events like keynote presentations, book signings, corporate and private events, conferences, and more. Uniphi celebrated with an online proclamation of National Astronaut Day and an global social media celebration where astronauts, other space industry professionals, and space enthusiasts all came together to discuss their love for space, using the hashtags #NationalAstronautDay and #WeBelieveInAstronauts . So, what is an astronaut? According to Google, an astronaut is "a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft." Dictionary.com says "a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight," and Merriam-Webster defines it in full as "a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere; also: a trainee for spaceflight." Astronauts have long been - a