Robert L. Satcher; 39, Astronaut in training, NASA.(Focus: 40 Under 40)Merrion, Paul
(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 ...
“America is closer than any other time in history since the Apollo program to returning astronauts to the moon,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstinesaid in a statement. “We will send the first woman and next man to the lunar South Pole by 2024, and we need more astronauts to follow suit...
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....
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 ...
An astronaut's work is not restricted to when he or she is in space, according to NASA. "When astronauts are not flying on a mission or training for a mission, they support other missions," the NASA website states. "There are many jobs on the ground required to sup...
On Tuesday, eight new astronaut candidates — nicknamed the "Eight Balls" — were formally welcomed to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they're set to begin two years of basic training.
第二部分:阅读理解(共7小题,满分14分)" I'm ready," said Alyssa Carson, a now-17-year-oldastronaut-in-training from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For her,riding the most aggressive roller coaster in the park is not a bigdea. f all goes according to her plans, NASA will send her toMars in...