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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.
1,993 Questions
Who was the female astronaut killed on lift-off?
There were two onboard the Challenger space shuttle which was destroyed during launch in January 1986 when the external tank exploded 73 seconds after lift-off. They were mission specialist Judith A. Resnik (on her second shuttle flight) and Christa McAuliffe, who was to have been the first teacher in space.
What is the blended words of cosmic and astronaut?
cosmonaut - the term used for the people who orbited the earth as part of the Soviet space program
What classes does an astronaut take in college?
They aren't astronauts when they are in college. Typically, once they graduate from college they enter graduate school in specialty areas, or go into the military flight programs. There is no specific degree or courses that equate to being an astronaut.
(umm... you actually need a bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or maths)
What are some technologies developed by engineers that help astronauts live comfortably in space?
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Does astronaut Mark kelly have children?
Yes he has 2 children from a previous marriage and none with his now wife Gabrielle Giffords.
What is the difference between orbital and suborbital space flights?
An Orbital space flight simply means that you have accelerated a space craft fast enough so it stays in orbit (cicular path) around the Earth.
A suborbital flight means you have reached the limit of space (anything over 100 km high) but not enough speed to completely circle the Earth.
When was the last time that there was no human in space?
The International Space Station (ISS) marked its 10th anniversary of continuous human occupation on Nov. 2, 2010. HOWEVER, I do not know if there was an overlapping of the beginning of the ISS occupation with that of MIR (the Soviet space station).
So the answer I can give is at least 10 years and 28 days!
Human Beings on earth are also in space, as earth is not outside space that is the cosmos. So, after the evolution of human beings, the space is having humans all the time. So, the last time space was without humans is before the first humans came on to earth.
OK, leaving out the semantics of 'space' in the answer above, the MIR de-orbited in March 2001, so the answer is from Oct 31 2000 (the launch of the Russian Soyuz to dock with the ISS) and counting.
How do astronauts get water on the space station?
They take the water with them. they will have to reuse it a well.
Write down 5 names of American astronauts and how many years they served in space?
1) Donald Slay ton
2) Edgar Mitchell.
3) John Glenn.
4) Virgil Grissom.
5) Edward White. .
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um he is an Canadian astronaut that was born in1953 and worked for NASA he is now retired he was born in BC
What is astronaunt salary paid each take off?
An astronaut takes home a salary of $64,724(NASA astronaut).
Did Mae C Jemison discover anything else?
Dr. Jemison hasn't "discovered" anything - her primary claim to fame is that she was the first African-American woman to go into Space (though not the first woman or African-American).
She continues her work in Medicine, Chemical Engineering and the many other fields she's qualified. Her real asset is that she's a uniquely qualified in Social, Technological, and Biological Sciences, able to bridge the communication gap between the scientific and social communities.
Why is space hazardous to an astronaut?
The first and most obvious hazard is the lack of oxygen which could cause an astronaut without suitable protective clothing to suffocate.
In fact space is practically a vacuum (there is virtually nothing there at all), this means that unprotected astronauts can suffer from "decompression sickness". This is because at earth's surface there is a significant pressure acting on everything from the weight of the air in the atmosphere. On earth we don't normally notice this as we are used to it. All the fluid and dissolved gasses in our bodies is broadly at the same pressure as the atmosphere and so the two cancel each other out. However in space where there is no atmosphere pushing down or around an astronaut, the pessure is not balanced and without protective clothing, dissolved gasses in the blood and other tissues will come out of solution forming bubbles which would be extremely painful and rapidly prove fatal and would cause significant swelling.
On earth we are protected from significant amounts of solar radiation by the atmosphere and the Earth's magnetic field. In space no such protection exits and so astronauts face significantly increased exposure to all types of radiation.
There is also the increased risk of meteoroids (small metallic or silicate clasts ranging from sand grain size upwards) that travel at very high velocities causing damage to space vehicles (or in extremis killing astronauts) because there is no atmosphere to burn up (due to air resistance and friction) these debris.
How do astronauts eliminate body waste in outer space?
They use special toilets for hard waste and a urinal cup with a tube for urine (attachments for both men and women). Each system has a vacuum on it to keep stuff from inadvertently floating around the spacecraft.
When did Mae carol jemison die?
march 2009
answer: I cannot find a source to corroborate this. In March 2009 she was working with Michele Obama.
Do space probes have astronauts aboard them?
The term "space probe" is normally limited to unmanned (robotic) spacecraft. So, no, space probes do not have people aboard them.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio), a decorated US Marine Corps pilot, flew the first US orbital mission, completing three orbits of the Earth in his space capsule, "Friendship 7" , on February 20, 1962. He was the third American in space, following sub-orbital flights by Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom.
Later he served as a United States Senator from Ohio (1974 - 1999).
In 1998 he returned to space at the age of 77 on the Space Shuttle Discovery
(STS-95), becoming the oldest man ever to go in space. This was an 'experiment' to test the effects of going into space on an aging person.
What careers did early astronauts have before they were astronauts?
Almost all of the early astronauts were military (and some civilian) test pilots.
