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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
When did Neil Armstrong return back after landing on the moon in 1969?
The mission started July 16, 1969 and ended July 24, 1969, a little over 8 days long. The landing occurred on the 20th.
What is the ratio of men to women astronauts?
Women make up 18 percent of all the active astronauts working today. this would mean 6 out of every 35 astronauts are female.
How do astronaut get water in space?
They take all their water supplies into space with them, in special storage tanks built into the crew compartments of their spacecraft. More recently, specifically on the ISS, a urine reclamation device has been installed that provided purified drinking water.
In space an astronaut hammers nails the hammer moves in one direction and the astronaut moves?
Due to Newton's 3rd law of motion the astronaut would move in the opposite direction unless he/she is braced against something.
Astronauts on a space walk cannot hear each other. Why?
They can not hear each other through the natural environment due to there being no medium for the sound waves to travel through. However, they can hear each other through the use of radio communication.
What percentage of astronauts die in a space mission?
In my school book, i'm pretty sure it said no one has died from spacesit failires
Has an astronaut ever been to Pluto?
No. The farthest an astronaut has ever gotten is the moon. Although soon we're supposed to send some to Mars.
Who was the first female Canadian astronaut?
The first female Canadian astronaut was Roberta Bondar, a neurologist.
Related Information:
She flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission: STS-42. It was the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission. The shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral on 1/22/1992, and landed on 1/301992 at Edwards AFB.
What is the sexual orientation of Helen Sharman?
There is no personal information available aside from her personal accomplishments as an astronaut and the first woman in space, her birth date (30 May 1963), and the fact that she has no children. None of which indicates any sexual preference.
they use normal exercise machines like the bike and bench press.But these things must be able to float in a way so not to damage the equipment on the outside of the craft.
Why was Ronald E Mcnair famous?
Ronald Mc Nair was famous because he was the second African American to fly in space
Did the shuttle columbia's astronauts survive?
no, all the astronauts on the final mission of columbia died during reentry.
How accuracy and precision important to astronaut?
They are very important to astronauts. If calculations are inaccurate or imprecise, the amount of oxygen they're receiving could have a negative affect on their body, or a miscalculation in fuel could damage the spacecraft.
An astronaut walking in space must wear clothing that protects him from the sun rays why?
The main reason is that without it, the side of his body facing the sun would cook and the other side in the shade would freeze. In space, without any protection against the suns rays, the sun side would heat up to 250 degrees F, It would be -250 degrees F, in the shade. He would need the suit for uv radiation protection as well.
How many deaths have been in outerspace?
in actual space which is classed as 100km above the Earth there have been 6
Georgiy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: June 1, 1928, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
He flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second Soviet crew to die during a space flight.
After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead. It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to vent away into space, suffocating the crew.
Dobrovolsky's ashes were placed in an urn in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis on the Red Square in Moscow.
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
One of Patsayev's hands was found to be bruised, and he may have been trying to shut the valve manually at the time he lost consciousness. He was part of the Soyuz 11 mission along with 2 dogs
Mushka and Pechkla
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov in Soyuz 1
The shuttle deaths dont count as deaths in space as they were below 100km
but in space travel related deaths there have been 18 astronaut fatalities.
Are the conttributions J Richard Bond still used in space exploration today?
Yes the contributions J. Richard Bond made are still used in space till this day
Who was the first girl astronaut to fly to the space?
The first woman (not girl) in space was from Russia-- her name was Valentina Tereshkova, and she flew her first mission in 1963. In America, the first woman astronaut was Sally Ride, who flew her first mission in 1983. (It should be noted that as far back as the 1960s, several other qualified American women, most notably Jerrie Cobb, tried to persuade NASA to allow women to fly into space, but NASA was very resistant to having women astronauts at that time.)
How do astronauts a board a space ship?
They land their module in the ocean until a crew comes and brings them back.
When did Millie Hughes-Fulford go to space?
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 designed and analyzed biological studies for space flight, including those involving bone cells and immune cells, since changes in these cells occur in microgravity (weightless) conditions. Some experiments were performed on shuttle flights and some later on the ISS.
