Astronauts

he was a sort of god among men. he thought he was better then the rest of us, and wanted to start a colony with his wife and kids on Mars.

Each astronaut was allowed to carry one Personal Preference Kit (PPK) during a Mercury, Gemini or Apollo mission. There were 2 sizes available to the astronaut. The larger one was 10"x10"x2" thick. The smaller one was 8"x4"x2" thick. Regardless of size, the PPK could not weigh more than one half pound. That doestn't leave much for the astronaut to carry. The one thing they were each allowed for entertainment was one cassette tape with music of their own choosing.

Riding in a rocket to the moon and back is not like riding in a car across the country. The astronauts were very busy most of the time with housekeeping, maintenance and guidance chores. They were also busy with various scientific experiments both on the way to the moon and back. There really isn't any down time in space. NASA knows that time in space is very valuable and they keep their astronauts very busy most of the time.

Astronauts have to do routine workouts while in space. This is because the less gravity requires a less physical demand on their bodies and when they return to Earth the muscles are weaker and they can have a hard time getting use to our gravitational pull.

The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.

they do bubble up their drinking water in the weightlessness of space, within the shuttle, but they keep close watch that it wont go elsewhere that would render risk to their machine. They do exercise on their treadmill

It is hard for an astronomer to live in space. yes its really really hard.It is very hard for them to eat food and drink water in space.Astronauts can not use bread in the space as the crumbs may float around and inhaling them is dangerous........REALLY DANGEROUS.Astronauts have to eat 70% less food than people on earth.

When you see astronauts in space, they are in orbit. A person or object in orbit is essentially in freefall. If you have gone on a roller coast or gone bungee jumping, you will have found that you feel weightless when you are in freefall. It is the same case with astronauts in orbit. Another way of seeing it is that the astronauts are falling at the same rate that the spacecraft is.

In this day in age anyone can be an astronaut. All you need to go into space is $200,000 dollars per trip. Though this option is only for the extremely wealthy or very well known people, it is still a way to go into space!

Neil was never really interested in becoming an astronaut. When he was a young child he was very interested in planes and he wanted to become a pilot. The Wright Brothers were Neil's inspirations.

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roberta bondar went on the sts-42 mission in 1992. This mission has been launched on January 22, 1992.

True "zero gravity" occurs for orbiting spacecraft because the vehicle is in effect in "freefall" around the planet : although gravity is trying to pull it down, its horizontal motion carries it on an arc past the planet.

For spacecraft sufficiently far from Earth (several thousand miles), there is imperceptibly low gravity. The acceleration force gravity exerts is reduced as the square of the distance from the center of gravity. While enroute to the Moon, Apollo astronauts reached locations where the gravity from the Earth and Moon were almost exactly opposite and tended to cancel each other. When spacecraft approach the Moon or Earth, local gravity begins to exert a larger force, and unless an orbit is achieved as above, it will be dragged down to the surface or into the atmosphere.

*Technically, the virtually imperceptible force experienced is called "microgravity" because the net forces of gravity from the Earth, Moon, and Sun still affect objects in orbit.

We send satellites and space probes equipped with cameras into space. The satellites and probes can be sent commands via radio waves, and the equipment then sends back digital photographs via radio as well.

The first space shuttle test flights began in 1981, with the first operational flights beginning in 1982.

They aren't, it's something people believe due to a misunderstanding.

The Apollo A7L space suit worn by Neil Armstrong during his moon walk weighed around 200lbs. This was because it was a five-layer, reinforced, pressurised suit to protect the occupant and keep him alive. No extra weight was added artificially, he could have moonwalked just fine in a much lighter suit.

Astronauts have to rely on their spacecraft to make the air for them. This is done on the space shuttle by two tanks each of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. These are automatically mixed and pressurized by the cabin pressurization system to resemble what we breathe on Earth.they also use a air mask. CaRrOtS!

Because sound needs particles to travel through ; when a sound from inside one helmet is made, the particles vibrate the surrounding particles therefore vibrating the other astronauts helmet particles ( as they are touching) allowing him to hear the sound.

The Astronaut Class of 1978, otherwise known as the "Thirty-Five New Guys," was NASA's first new group of astronauts since 1969. This class was notable for many reasons, including having the first African-American and first Asian-American astronauts. During Women's History Month in March, NASA especially recognizes the class of 1978 as being the first to recruit women to its ranks: Sally Ride, Judith Resnik, Kathryn Sullivan, Anna Fisher, Margaret Rhea Seddon, and Shannon Lucid.

Of this original class, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space in 1983 aboard STS-7; Judith Resnik earned the title of first Jewish-American in space on STS-41D; Kathryn Sullivan had the privilege of being the first American woman to walk in space on STS-41G; and Shannon Lucid became both the first mother to be selected as an astronaut candidate and the first American woman to fly to and work on a space station (Mir). Kathryn Sullivan and Sally Ride also earned the distinction of becoming the first two women to fly together on a mission when they flew on STS-41G in 1984.

i think that astronauts need to have a great i mean GREAT education.

most astronausts have batcholors degrees in science.

if you get b-'s in school(80-83%) you would be very suprized if you are an astronauts.

most successful astronauts get mid a's to a+.

some get a-"s in school.

This has been a very interesting point in determining who the first person was in space. The people who govern these types of things mandate that the astronaut was supposed to launch and land in their spacecraft. So by those standards, the first person in space was american Alan Shepard May 1961.

However, it's universally regarded that Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space when he launched aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961. Yuri made 1 revolution around the earth, after he re-entered the atmosphere, he ejected from his spacecraft at 20,000ft and landed on earth by parachute.

Now that Neil Armstrong is well in to his senentieth year he has retired and lives inLebanonin Ohio state

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