Robert L. Satcher; 39, Astronaut in training, NASA.(Focus: 40 Under 40)Merrion, Paul
While on vacation in Florida with my family I attended the NASA Astronaut Training Experience with my dad and was able to do two things that I have wanted to do since watching the movie Space Camp in 1986, ride the multi-axis trainer and fly a full size space shuttle simulator.The...
“Becoming an astronaut is no easy task, because being an astronaut is no easy task,” Steve Koerner, NASA’s director of flight operations and chair of the Astronaut Selection Board at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, said in the statement. “Those who apply will likely be competin...
(Grade 2), Lexile 750L At age 32 Sally Ride was not only the first American woman in space, she was also the youngest astronaut in NASA's history-male or female. This book highlights her accomplishments and describes her training. Other women astronauts are introduced and the Challenger's ...
NASA and most other agencies have an astronaut candidate process, in which a newly selected individual must pass a series of basic tests across two to three years of training before being qualified as an astronaut. Even after that, astronauts may spend years or decades on the ground, waiting ...
said Alyssa Carson,a 17-year-old astronaut-in-training from Baton Rouge,Louisiana.For her,riding the most aggressive roller coaster in the park is not a big deal.If all goes according to her plans,NASA will send her to Mars in 2033,making her the first human to step foot on the ...
In 1996, Whitson was selected as an astronaut candidate for NASA, and she started training in August of that year. After two years of training and evaluation, she became eligible for flight duties with the rest of her astronaut class. Because astronauts take on ground duties when not training...
Kelly and Lindgren spent months training and practicing for the operation. The preparation began in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab(NBL). Here astronauts are made to work in an environment similar to the one outside the space station. Even getting the space suits ready can take days. While ...
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(Image credit: NASA TV) The last time NASA selected astronaut candidates in 2021, more than 12,000 people applied. From thousands, the American cohort was whittled down to only 10 people. The Americans and two United Arab Emirate astronauts graduated from 2.5 years of basic training Tuesday ...