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Astronauts
This category is for questions related to the personal requirements of Astronautical missions. The training, living accommodations, and working conditions both on the Earth and in space are discussed here. For further information on a particular astronaut, please see the name in question.
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Why can woman not go to space a long time ago?
The first astronauts were recruited from previous fighter pilots, and that profession was only open for males, so no female astronauts.
What year did John Glenn return to space on his second trip?
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
Astronauts consume specially prepared space food, which is designed to be lightweight, compact, and shelf-stable for long missions. This food includes dehydrated meals, thermostabilized entrees, and snacks that can be rehydrated with water or eaten directly. Nutritional requirements are carefully considered to ensure astronauts receive a balanced diet while in space. Packaging is also designed to minimize crumbs and spills, maintaining cleanliness in the microgravity environment.
Why do astronauts wear silly suits?
The so called 'silly suits' are a fashionable outfit for space; designed by fashion's biggest known designer Vera Wang. She was inspired by the cultural sumo wrestling suits, soon after her design was released it was a hit on the runway, and celebrities like Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lawrence were seen sporting the look.
When astronauts go above the atmosphere he sees the sky black?
The normal illumination of the sky results from sunlight that is scattered in the atmosphere by collision with air molecules or other particles, water droplets etc. In outer space, there is no atmosphere and hence no scattering of sunlight. Because the universe as a whole is expanding, light from distant galaxies tends to fade out into the invisible longer wavelengths, so we do not see stars in every direction that we look; most of the sky, therefore, is dark.
Do astronauts use a pen or pencil to write or any writing utensil?
They use either as needed. There is some preference for pens as pencil tips tend to crumble or break off and the debris could float into electronics causing damage.
The Fisher® company introduced the first ballpoint Space Pen® in 1965, NASA tested it and quickly approved it for use on Apollo missions, the USSR also began using it in 1969. Prior to the Space Pen®, grease pencils were sometimes used but tended to smudge.
Sure, astronauts use compasses frequently, but on the Earth ground, not in space.
Compasses only work in two dimensions on a surface like Earth's, where there is a significant body of iron in the celestial body's core. Then only if the core is magnetiized, which it would most likely be, due to the spin of the celestial body.
Astronauts in space are in 3 dimensions, and in space there is no iron core to be magnetized. Compasses are useless in space, assuming they are far enough away from Earth to not pick up Earth's magnetic flux lines.
Are astronauts really 'weightless while in orbit why or why not?
The way we measure someone's weight with a scale, requires forces to compress/extend springs, etc....
On Earth, gravity pulls downward, the scale is stopped by the floor. When you step on the scale, you are applying the force of gravity on the scale, which measures the amount of stretch.
In orbit, there is no resulting force for the scale to measure. The space ship is falling at the same speed as the astronaut and the scale. They can stand on the scale but it will ready ZERO.
The astronauts have mass, its just that for a scale to work, you need a force which is being minimized by falling around the Earth (orbit)
What did Millie Hughes-Fulford do?
Millie Hughes-Fulford (born December 21, 1945) was an astronaut for one mission, serving as Medical Payload Specialist on the first biological Spacelab flight aboard the space shuttle Columbia (STS-40, June, 1991). She has since performed and designed biological studies for space flight, including those involving bone cells and immune cells, since changes in these cells occur in microgravity (weightless) conditions.
What did Neil Armstrong did after he came back to Earth?
[Okay I will skip and go right to the point] After Neil came back to Earth, he retired his career and became a University Professor on Aerospace Engineering. Sadly he died in August 5 1930 from a "Coronary heart disease"
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Where do astronauts sleep in a spacecraft?
In the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft, the astronauts had no place to float to, so they slept in the seats.
In the Apollo Command Module, the astronauts could sleep in either, the part looking at the instrument panel, and a small area behind the seats, where they were able to stretch there legs.
In the Apollo Lunar Module, while it was landed on the Moon, one astronaut would sleep on the floor in front of the hatch, and the other would sleep curled up on the engine bell cover, below the docking hatch.
Aboard space stations, the crew had individual bedrooms, the size of a telephone booth, which has a sleeping bag fastened to wall.
How do you enter into nasa as an astronaut?
Due to budget cuts, NASA has currently de-emphasized its manned space program to the point that right now... you pretty much can't. Gotta have those dollars to provide services for illegal aliens (of the terrestrial variety), you see. If we were to discover extraterrestrial aliens, and they were able to vote (legally or not), then we could count on the Democrats to start throwing money at the space program (for Republican support, I suppose we'd have to find oil out there, or maybe Ferengi).
Just in case something like that happens and the manned space program rises from its grave, traditionally most astronauts have come from the military (as aviators). Technically this isn't required, but if you're not a jet pilot, you'll probably need a degree in a scientific field and several years of research experience.
Dr. Patricia Cowings
is a psychophysiologist
for NASA. She was the first woman to be trained as an astronaut, but she never made it into space. She helped to teach future space travels to use autogenic-feedback
training exercise
( AFTE ) helping them adapt to being in space.
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