"I have mine in solidarity of all the naval officers and men and women throughout history that have worn mustaches to sea."
It’s been quite a while since a mustache has made its way to space. Rookie NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway is about to change that.
Acting as pilot on this week’s planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, active Navy commander was clean shaven when introduced as an astronaut candidate in 2021. But now he’s got what he calls a classic naval aviator mustache going on.
“The mustache is a lot of fun. The crew has enjoyed it,” he said Sunday during an interview from quarantine at Kennedy Space Center. “We’ve had a bunch of laughs about it. Some of out support staff, particularly our flight surgeons, have grown mustaches as well, in support and solidarity of my mustache.”
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