What did astronauts use silly putty for?
Silly putty was used by astronauts to stop their tools from flying around the spacecraft/shuttle, whilst they were in space. This is because there is no gravity in space, which means that everything will float about the vehicle, and not fall to the floor.
What Apollo 11 astronaut claimed he was the first man to wet his pants n the moon?
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
What is the difference between an astronaut and an early explorer?
They are adventurist and they like to explore new lands and go all over the place to find new places,items and all sorts of cool stuff
Who is Scott Carpenter Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper?
They are three of the original NASA "Mercury 7" astronauts. Virgil "Gus" Grissom was also on the Apollo program and died in the Apollo 1 fire.
Is an astronaut circling the earth in a space capsule in not in the biosphere?
As the biosphere is contained entirely within the troposphere (lowest layer of the atmosphere), an astronaut in orbit is far over 100 miles above the highest portion of the biosphere.
Date mark shuttleworth land moon?
He simply didn't.. He was the 1st South African in space. He did not land on the moon though.
Apollo 11: Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, LM pilot; Michael Collins, CM pilot.
Apollo 12: Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, commander; Alan L. Bean, LM pilot; Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, CM pilot.
Apollo 13 (did not land): James A. "Jim" Lovell, commander; Fred W. Haise, LM pilot; John L. "Jack" Swigert, CM pilot.
Apollo 14: Alan B. Shepard, commander; Edgar D. Mitchell, LM pilot; Stuart A. Roosa, CM pilot.
Apollo 15: David R. Scott, commander; James B. "Jim" Irwin, LM pilot; Al Worden, CM pilot.
Apollo 16: John W. Young, commander; Charles M. "Charlie" Duke, LM pilot; T. Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly, CM pilot.
Apollo 17: Eugene A. "Gene" Cernan, commander; Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt, LM pilot; Ronald E. "Ron" Evans, CM pilot.
Should astronauts choose pencils with hard or soft lead when taking notes in space?
They should use soft lead because I think so!
How would astronauts have fun in outer space?
they can see their own beauty in the outer world(space).....they can swim without gravity.....they can dig the other planets surface to look into some of the treasures! they can beat their companions with ....stones present there ....they can even play hide and seek...football and cricket or whichever sport they loved to play best to do is to is to play hide and seek ...they Can have fun and they can also discover how big the galaxy is !
How did the Apollo astronauts get past the van Allen belt?
The Van Allen belts are areas of highly charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, but also with smaller amount of alpha particles.
The dangers to the craft are in the form of radiation which can interfere with, disrupt and damage sensitive electrical equipment. In some space flights electrical equipment has been turned off whilst passing through the belts in order to prevent damage. Of course, space craft also have built-in screening to minimise radiation risks.
To protect astronauts from radiation dangers, spacecraft are fitted with various types of shielding, such as aluminum shielding, and the astronauts also wear protective clothing during this part of their journey. Also the courses/paths were plotted so that the craft would travel through the parts of space where the Van Allen belts are at their thinnest. Despite these precautions, there were and are still serious radiation considerations.
Using calculations of the amount of radiation, the actual time spent passing through the belts, and the shielding used by the Apollo crew, scientists reckoned that the Apollo spacecrafts would pass through the Van Allen belts so quickly that space travellers would not receive any significant life or health-threatening levels of exposure to radiation risks during their flights.
But the matter is not clear cut. There was and is a risk, even if infinitely small. For example, cancers are caused by cell mutation. And sometimes it takes many years for cancer to become evident in a person exposed to harmful radiation. In the Apollo missions the probability of risk was considered to be so small as to be 'nil' for all practical purposes.
Post-flight Developments: In more recent years NASA has reported cases of eye cataracts developing in the majority of astronauts after returning to earth, some within 4 to 5 years of returning, other cases taking 10 or more years to become apparent. Scientists have long known that there is a causal relationship between radiation exposure and cataracts, but whether the astronauts' eye disorders occurred as the direct consequence of passing through the Van Allen belts, or by other radiation in space, or by entirely non-space-flight-related factors is unknown.
Summary: The astronauts got through the Van Allen belts by speed, shielding and carefully planned flight paths, but whether they did so without harm has yet to be determined.
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Which astronaut is credited with a famous quotation?
It depends on which famous quotation you are asking about.
The most famous is probably "That was one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." and was spoken by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong when he stepped off the LM landing pad on July 20, 1969.
Pete Conrad (a fairly short astronaut) and commander of Apollo 12 famously said "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."
Apollo 13's most famous quote is "Houston, we've had a problem" spoken by CMP Jack Swigert
What space shuttle for the first time was launched in April 12 1981?
Columbia. Crew was John W. Young (commander) and Robert L. "Crip" Crippen (pilot).
Do you mean how do you survive in space?
In that case you would need a space suit. Either that or stay in your space shuttle/ship.
How successfully did Michael Collins promote his cause?
he was very successfull in promoting his cause he used guirella hit and run tactic these men doing so where know as the "flying columns" he also used another group called "the Squad" these were to elimanate anyone going to treat the upcoming war.and the people of the day loved him because if he was in your area and needed a place to stay he would be boraded in their house as to show their apprecation to him!!
he didnt start the flying columns. But he was very succesfull in promoting his cause through his work as an intelligence officer. For the first time we won the intelligence war and that proved key