Potential astronauts are trained to survive in the open ocean as well as all sorts of different land environments. Scuba certification is required, and there are various swim tests that need to be completed before an astronaut can be cleared for lift-off. Trainees have to be able t...
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifted off Sunday, carrying the oldest man ever to go into space. Ed Dwight, 90, trained to become NASA's first Black astronaut candidate 60 years ago, but he didn't get to fly then.
First discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, K2-18b is a super-Earth 8 times larger than our own planet orbiting a red dwarf star. The researchers then used data from the Hubble Space Telescope to analyze the host star’s light shining through the atmosphere of the planet, ...
The question of Feoktistov's flight certification will be taken up by a special panel of physicians.1964 August 27 - . Voskhod crew manoeuvring. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Feoktistov, Komarov, Lazarev, Rudenko, Volynov. Program: Voskhod. Flight: Voskhod 1. Spacecraft Bus: ...