Astronauts

Preparation to go into space begins at school. All astronauts take science courses through high school and go to college to take science or engineering. Some are in the military. Many also have pilot's licenses and scuba diving experience.

Once they are selected, astronauts begin a training program that includes courses in astronomy, the space shuttle, space history, and experiments. Not everyone who is trained goes into space because NASA wants the "best of the best" - meaning the best people of all the people qualified to go into space. Also, there is a large lineup for flights, meaning it could be years before a space opens up.

When astronauts do go into space, they perform experiments. Most shuttle flights now go to the International Space Station, which is under construction, and astronauts will often go outside to put solar panels and supports on to the station. Their schedule is set out months before the flight so they know exactly what to do each minute they are in space.

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The original Gemini 6 was scheduled to launch on October 25, 1965. It was planned as the first docking in space, however that mission was cancelled after their Agena Target Vehicle suffered a catastrophic failure six minutes after leaving the launch pad and exploded. Rendezvous was considered so important that it was decided to change the Gemini 6 mission to a rendezvous mission instead.

Immediately after the Gemini 7 launch on December 4, 1965, preparations were underway to launch Gemini 6. On December 12, Gemini 6 was on the pad and ready for launch. The engine fired and immediately shutdown when a plug fell out of the bottom of the rocket. The problem was fixed and Gemini 6 finally launched on the morning of December 15, 1965.

Gemini 6 achieved rendezvous that afternoon. After stationkeeping for 3 orbits, Gemini 6 fired its engine to separate from Gemini 7.

The following day, Gemini 6 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first recovery to be televised live.

The International Space Station normally has a crew of three or four, and while they rotate, most astronauts do not get to live on the space station.

As of Feb. 2010 the number is now up to 6.

X-15

Actually, while the X-15 WAS technically the first US craft to enter space (it flew higher than 50 statute miles on several occasions) it only carried one pilot. The first US spacecraft to carry more than one astronaut was Gemini 3, launched on March 23rd, 1965 and crewed by commander V. I. "Gus" Grissom and pilot John W. Young.

The Apollo 11 crew that travelled to the moon included Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Anything that pushes a spaceship would probably be called an "engine". An astronaut could never "get up to light speed". Light speed could be approached in theory, but not reached.

Kevlar is quite common but there may be other materials used also.

Actually they are not anymore.

You might remember spacesuits used during the project Mercury to be shiny silver, but all spacesuits designed since the 60s have a flat white outer covering.

Retaining heat is not an issue in a spacesuit, quite the opposite. All the heat generated by the human body must be removed from the suit. All spacesuits have a cooling device built-in and there is very little if any ability to heat the suit. Usually there are little heaters in the fingertips but that's about it.

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Because they have to do the doo doo.

Astronauts "grow" in space because of a lack of gravity. Much like people tend to shrink as they age is due to weakened bone structure coupled with gravity.

This affect can also be seen by laying down for an extended period of time like when you go to bed.

Gravity is distributed differently across your body and as such you may notice that you've grown a fraction of a centimeter.


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Imagine you're on a spaceship in orbit around the moon. You have a fuel leak and are running out of power. When do you fire the ship's thrusters, and for how long and in what direction, in order to be able to return to Earth safely? Obviously, this is not a question that astronauts usually face (except maybe on Apollo 13) but hopefully it illustrates the way in which math (in this case, calculus, algebra, etc.) and science (in this case, the physics of orbits), which has math at its heart, relates to everything that goes on in a space flight mission. All the science and engineering that goes into designing, building and flying spacecraft is based on math - without math, there would be no way to predict beforehand how the spacecraft would react to different conditions and how it would move in its orbit. I imagine that astronauts probably don't directly use much more than simple math when on a flight - important calculations are done by computers - but to have some idea of what a spacecraft is doing and how it is operating, without placing complete blind faith in the people who built it, requires a knowledge of math. Also, in addition to flying and maneuvering a spacecraft, astronauts are often involved in conducting scientific experements aboard the spacecraft, which would involve math in other ways too.

Astronauts eat regular food, it is just that the food floats around and people call it, space food

astronauts have special equipment called F.O.R.B (fuel, oxygen, radio and batteries) and of course visers by miss_india hoped that help u and here is a website if u r doing a project on space: www.nasa.gov/ see u!!!

Why have scientists developed exercises for astronauts living in outer space for long periods of time? Due to lack of gravitational field all the systms of the body but especially the musculoskeletal system is affected, in terms of bone resorption. To mninimize the effects of zero gravity exercises are developed.

yes. the space suit does protect astronauts for harmful rays from the sun

Rakesh Sharma - first Indian to travel into space - No significant contribution to space science Kalpana Chawla - first Indian woman to travel into space and also first Indian to perish in space - No significant contribution to space science other than a few experiments conducted on the space shuttle Sunita Williams - Longest unbroken space flight by a woman. Sunita surpassed the record of 188 days and 4 hours set by Shannon Lucid in 1996. Sunita who is aboard the International Space Station also set the record for the longest female spacewalk at 22 hours 27 minutes. But neither of those two are significant contributions to space science!

The first two American astronauts to land on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin.

Ex-astronaut Scott Kelly is 52 years old. He was born on February 21, 1964 in Orange, New Jersey.

His twin brother Mark Kelly was also an astronaut.

Scott Michael Kelly (musician) is 48 years old. He was born on June 13, 1967 in Evanston, Illinois.

No. Americans have died on the way up or the way back (both Space Shuttle missions) and some died in training (Mercury) also some Soviets have died on re-entry but none have died "in-space." The most dangerous parts of space flight are like airplane flights- take off and landing.

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Sunita Williams is the female with the most time spent in space.

The story is: Bach's death still remains a mystery to this day. There is much speculation surrounding her death, and whether the footage of the events that transpired around her in the hospital were real. Supposedly, a spore from a cloud of comet dust had begun to generate within her chest. As time progressed, it began to cause her to throw suicidal fits, as well as eat away at her flesh. On the day of her death, nearly all of her flesh was gone, leaving a gory mess of the outter layer of body. When she began to scream widely, two doctors and a security guard rushed to her aid. When they arrived, they found blood splattered all over the room, with Dr. Bach's chest bursted open. Soon, an alien like creature, which supposedly looked like a giant loctus, about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide with huge claws and legs, tried to attack them, but missed, and flew out of the room. The hospital was put on lockdown, but while all patients and medical personnel were able to evacuate the building within the two minute period, the two doctors and the guard were trapped inside. When the guard tried to kill the alien, he was found dead by the two doctors. Soon, the two doctors rushed themselves back to their lab/office, where they were trapped for a minute. However, the mutant creature managed to make its way through the air vent, and began to make its way in to the room. The female doctor rushed herself out of the room, while the male doctor attempted to kill the beast with a vile of acid. When the female doctor tried to see the outcome, the doctor was laying on the ground, dead, as the alien creature began to devour the body. The female doctor managed to break herself out of the hospital, unharmed, but as well did the alien. The alien was never found, although there were reports of a similar creature as far as New Mexico. Reports of the event were taken by the government, but were never realized, nor are they acknowledged.

The story has been reported to be completely false, a story made by "Lost Tapes" a fiction TV show.

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