RedNova News: Return To Space For Spanish ESA Astronaut Odissea mission in October/November 2002, with ESA?s Belgian astronaut Frank De spent most of his time training at the Gagarin cosmonaut training Centre in http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/1/2003/10/17/story001.html
Extractions: Forum Check E-mail My RedNova Join Us ... Tell a Friend - Win $500 Search October 17, 2003 Pedro Duque (right) and his fellow Cervantes Mission crewmembers, American Michael Foale (left) and Russian Alexander Kaleri (centre). Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja 2003 - click to enlarge. European Space Agency On 18 October the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:37 local time, 07:37 CEST, will be carrying the European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station (ISS) on Soyuz flight 7S, accompanied by the two members of ISS Expedition 8 crew. Duque, a member of ESAs astronaut corps since 1992, becomes the sixth European, and first Spaniard, to visit and work on the International Space Station. His mission takes its name from Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), author of Don Quixote. The main purpose of this 10-day mission is to carry out an extensive scientific programme comprising a series of experiments in the fields of life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology. Most of these will be performed by Duque in the Russian part of the Station; others in NASAs Destiny laboratory, including use of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a scientific research facility developed in Europe.
Spacetopia - Zero Gravity Flight Program He ll lead your astronaut training, with experiments, games, and demonstrations designed by Space Program and home to the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training Center http://www.spacetopia.com/frames/tours/nearspace/zerog.html
Extractions: Zero Gravity Flight Program Astronaut Guest "Flying zero-g is one of the most fun things I have ever done. It's the only way to experience weightlessness without going into space. It is pure and total freedom. Awesome!" NASA Astronaut Byron Lichenberg, who flew twice on the Space Shuttle, will join you during your unforgettable zero gravity experience in Star City. He'll lead your astronaut training, with experiments, games, and demonstrations designed by the astronauts themselves. Star City, Russia Our flights are conducted out of Star City, Russia, heart of the Russian Space Program and home to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Included in your package is a post-flight tour of the facilities at Star City, where you'll visit many space simulators, including the Mir Space Station mock-up and the high-g centrifuges. We'll also introduce you to several cosmonauts as they prepare for space flight. After your adventure, you'll receive a video of your flight, high quality photographs, and an astronaut autographed color plaque commemorating your experience. Parabolic Flight For 30 years NASA has trained astronauts using parabolic flight aircraft to achieve zero gravity. Now, for the first time, Spacetopia has made these flights available to you.
TV Guide Online - [Movie Database] NASA astronaut. Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko. cosmonaut YA Gagarin cosmonaut training Center. Umberto Guidoni. astronaut European Space Agency. Chris A. Hadfield. http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=43784
Astronaut And Cosmonaut Medical Histories that time, he was in flight crew training as pilot aviation duties and for the astronaut program. as well Russian Doctors Reveal cosmonaut s Medical Condition http://www.doctorzebra.com/drz/s_medhx.html
Extractions: USA, 1959 Wrote autobiography: Leap of Faith Cooper ] The book is riddled with factual errors. Beware. X Had hay fever. Had to convince doctors: "I can't imagine I'll run into many mixed grasses and sycamore trees in space." [ Cooper X As part of the his Mercury pre-flight activities, Cooper remembers: "I stripped, and a medical technician glued a half-dozen medical sensors to various spots on my body that he'd first sandpapered and scrubbed with alcohol." [ Cooper 2] Dr Zebra underwent the same procedure at NASA and let me tell you, alcohol on raw-rubbed skin hurts like the Dickens. It is a testament to Cooper's toughness that he does not even mention the discomfort.
The Winchester Star-Its Out Of This World For the more daring and adventurous client, Bell said, there are the actual astronaut and cosmonaut training sessions and the flight program. http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/001002/Area_space.asp
Extractions: (Photo Courtesy of William Bell) Now, he travels around the country and world with the astronauts who captivated the nation nearly 40 years ago. Bell is vice president of sales for the Arlington-based company, Space Adventures. The two-year-old company specializes in education, information, and flight programs regarding space. This is a dream job for Bell, who grew up with his head in the stars hoping to fly with his childhood heroes.
James Voss Astronaut crews during simulations and Shuttle flights, and as the astronaut Office training he lived and trained for 2 years at the Gagarin cosmonaut training Center in http://www.brooksinternational.com/james_voss.htm
Extractions: PERSONAL DATA: Born March 3, 1949, in Cordova, Alabama, but considers Opelika, Alabama, to be his hometown. Married to the former Suzan Curry of Birmingham, Alabama. They have one daughter. He enjoys woodworking, skiing, softball, racquetball, scuba diving, and flying an airplane he built himself. As an undergraduate, he participated on the Auburn University Wrestling Team. EDUCATION: Graduated from Opelika High School, Opelika, Alabama; received a bachelor of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University in 1972, a master of science degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado in 1974 and an honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Colorado in 2000. SPECIAL HONORS: University of Colorado Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (2002), Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (2001), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001); U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal (1999); NASA Outstanding Leadership Award (1996); NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1994); 5 NASA Space Flight Medals (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001); Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1993); Defense Superior Service Medal (1992); Outstanding Student Award, USN Test Pilot School (1983); William P. Clements, Jr. Award for Excellence in Education as the outstanding Professor at the U.S. Military Academy (1982); Meritorious Service Medal (1982); NASA Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (1980); Commandant's List - Infantry Officer Advanced Course (1979); Army Commendation Medal (1978); Honor Graduate and Leadership Award - Ranger School (1975); Distinguished Graduate - Infantry Officer Basic Course (1974).
So You Want To Be An Astronaut are chosen for an intensive astronaut candidate training program every to successnot only as an astronaut but as for his mission with a cosmonaut in February http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/wannabe.html
Extractions: Liftoff Home Alan Shepherd, John Glenn Jr., Sally Ride, and a hand-picked select few are names that conjure up images of bravery and adventure. As astronauts, they probably have some of the most recognizable names in our country. As astronauts (derived from Greek words meaning "star sailor" ), their collective voyages have just begun. When the Space program began in 1959 there were only seven such people in the entire country. They all wereor had beenin the armed forces. That was only 36 years ago and since then, much has changed. Today shuttle crews are comprised of Americans from every race, creed, color and gender. As of May 2, 1993, 180 Caucasian men and 21 women, six African-American men and one woman, three Hispanic men and one woman, and two Asian men had been chosen to represent our Nation in Space. NASA chooses its astronauts from an increasingly diverse pool of applicants that, 'looks like America". From thousands of applications from all over the world, approximately 100 men and women are chosen for an intensive astronaut candidate training program every two years. "I cannot imagine a better career. I've done more than I could ever have imagined. I'm thankful that I've been at the right place at the right time," said Kenneth S. Reightler.
News: Star City (June 3, 2003) in training, but differences in culture, says Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut who is NASA s Director of Operations at the Gagarin cosmonaut training Center http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2003/news-starcity.asp
Extractions: Astronauts train in a Soyuz simulator. Astronauts preparing for space missions to the International Space Station (ISS) receive training at Johnson Space Center (JSC) and in Star City, Russia. Canada also hosts training sessions in Montreal to help astronauts learn about the Canadian robotic arm. Named in honor of the first human in space, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center was created in 1960. It located outside Moscow in Zvezdnyy Gorodok. To Americans, though, it's referred to as Star City. Every cosmonaut since Gagarin has trained in Star City; Americans began sharing the facility in 1992. American astronauts planning to live aboard the ISS spend approximately 30 weeks in Star City. There they learn Russian-built systems, from the electrical power supply to the communications system.
Extractions: GCC8 TEXT: PRESS STATEMENT ON SPACE COMMITTEE (Text: White House release) (850) (The following press statement was released February 7, 1997, by the White House Office of the Vice President following the eighth meeting of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technical Cooperation, also known as the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission.) U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation GORE-CHERNOMYRDIN COMMISSION Space Committee Vice President Al Gore welcomes the significant progress in the joint U.S.-Russian effort to expand cooperation in human spaceflight. This cooperation has resulted in many historical and unprecedented achievements in the short period of time since the Commission's first meeting in September 1993. In particular, the Vice President notes the particular significance of joint activities for the implementation of the International Space Station (ISS) program. He confirms the commitment of both sides to this fundamental program, and encourages the continuing efforts to maintain the schedule for the beginning of its on-orbit assembly and completed construction by 2002. The Vice President also notes that the sides are working diligently to overcome the difficulties presented by the slip of the Service Module schedule, from April 1998 until late November or early December 1998.
ASTRONAUTS ASSIGNED FOR SPACE STATION EXPEDITION TRAINING Three crewmembers have been assigned to train for the Veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (Col., Russian and firsttime flyers astronaut E. Michael http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/200203/msg00102.html
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NASA - The Making Of A Space Station Astronaut After completing astronaut candidate training, an astronaut will need another 18 Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Gagarin cosmonaut training Center in http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/iss_crew_training.html
Extractions: + Home preLoad('/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_features,/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_preparingtravel,/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_gettingtospace,/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_livinginspace,/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_workinginspace,/templateimages/navigation/leftnav/space/nav_left_travelinginspace'); Choose another category: + Life on Earth It can take up to two years of training to become a fully qualified astronaut. An astronaut candidate must first learn the basics of the space shuttle and the International Space Station, as well as how to be part of a team by doing such things as flying the NASA T-38 training jets. After completing astronaut candidate training, an astronaut will need another 18 months of training to learn how to live and work aboard the space station. Expedition crewmembers must learn about all the systems on the space station, like the electrical and communications systems. This training is done at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Astronauts may also go to Canada to learn how to work with the space station's robotic arm, the Canadarm2, if they'll need to use the arm during their mission. After spending many hours in classrooms, astronauts work in a mock-up of the real space station to practice what they have learned these are called simulations. Expedition crewmembers do dozens of simulations, both in Russia and the U.S., during their 18 months of training.
Adventures To Outerspace: Book Online Now! weightlessness at 35,000feet. An astronaut or cosmonaut accompanies you through pre-flight training. The History of Space Flight http://adventuretravel.about.com/library/weekly/aa072601a.htm
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Travel Adventure Travel Home ... Selecting Outdoor Guides zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Travel Essentials Outdoor Adventures Destinations Haunted Adventures ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Adventure Travel newsletter. Search Adventure Travel Space: The Ultimate Adventure - Book Now! Sure, summer has come and nearly gone and you never really got around to that BIG adventure you've been dreaming about for endless summers. Sure, you managed a couple of weekends in the woods, maybe even traveled with the family to one of those grand theme parks with endless hot-dogs and long lines for the rides. Did you get in the visit at your grandparents' farm; manage a little hiking in the field with the cows? Did you book an adventure on the Space Shuttle? But what about that really big adventure you have thought about down through the years that long-awaited trip to the far and mystical Orient to stand atop the Great Wall of China ; or that mountain expedition to far-away Argentina , to hike across glaciers and waddle with the penquins. Have you ever dreamed of exploring the North or South Poles, to discover every possible mile of the
MSNBC - NASA Selects New Class Of Astronauts undergone cosmonaut training in Russia. Dozens wait for first flight This is the 19th group of astronauts picked by NASA since 1959. NASAs last astronaut http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4704179/
Extractions: MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') Web Search: logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); MSNBC News Alerts Newsletters Help ... MSNBC Shopping Search MSNBC: Advanced Search   RESOURCE GUIDE Buy Life Insurance Yellow pages expedia.com Shopping ... Small Business Tips Space News NASA selects new class of astronauts Sources say agency is contacting 14 candidates, but will first post-Columbia group ever fly on shuttle? MSNBC.COM EXCLUSIVE By James Oberg NBC News space analyst Special to MSNBC Updated: 3:53 p.m. ET April 10, 2004 HOUSTON - NASA has completed its selection of the next class of astronaut candidates, and is now telephoning the selectees to confirm their interest in moving to Houston, sources familiar with the selection process have told MSNBC.com. advertisement NASA spokesman James Hartsfield confirmed Friday that a selection process was under way but could not provide any specifics about the schedule for selection or public disclosure. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources said 14 individuals will be asked to report to Houston as astronaut candidates in June and begin two years of formal training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in August. The prospective class of 2004 includes two pilots, six mission specialists, and three educators who will go through mission specialist training. There also will be three candidates from the Japanese Space Agency.
STS71 emergency bailout training session. S9447232 image text cosmonaut Yuriy Onufriyenko simulates parachute drop into water. S94-47256 image text astronaut Bonnie http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/STS71.htm
Extractions: NASA Photo ID: Title: image text Official portrait of Astronaut Ellen S. Baker image text Portrait of Astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh image text STS-71 astronauts and cosmonauts answer questions from the press image text STS-71 Cosmonaut and Astronauts meet the press image text Cosmonaut Strekalov during STS-71 news conference image text Cosmonaut Budarin during STS-71 news conference image text Cosmonaut Dezhurov durint STS-71 news conference image text Cosmonaut Solovyev answers questions at STS-71 news conference image text STS-71 cosmonauts and astronauts pose for photo after news conferen image text Astronaut Thagard and fellow Mir 18 crewmembers chat at JSC image text STS-71 cosmonauts and astronauts greet news media during break in t image text Portrait of Russian cosmonaut and Mir 19 commander Anatoly Solovyev image text Portrait of Russian cosmonaut and Mir 19 crewmember Nikolai Budarin image text Portrait of Mir 18 cosmonaut Gennadiy Strekalov image text Portrait of Mir 18 cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov image text Group portrait of Mir 18 crew members image text Portrait of Mir 19 crewmembers image text STS-71 astronauts and Mir cosmonauts team portrait image text Cosmonaut Dezhurov during medical operations training image text Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training image text Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training image text Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training image text Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Extractions: In his turn, the chief doctor of the Russian Cosmonaut Training Centre, Valery Morgun, said that "there were no medical contraindications for changing the crew." Now the main crew, who will go to the ISS on February 19, consists of Russian Gennady Padalka and American Michael Fincke. Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov and astronaut Leroy Chiao have become, accordingly, their doublers. Dutchman Andre Kuipers from the European Space Agency will go to the ISS for a week, jointly with Padalka and Fincke.
NASA: ASTRONAUT READDY TO REPLACE CAMERON AS NASA MANAGER IN RUSSIA astronaut William F. Readdy will replace Kenneth D. Cameron (Colonel, USMC to support the training of NASA astronauts at Gagarin cosmonaut training Center, Star http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pasa/is_/ai_4284059652
Extractions: Astronaut William F. Readdy will replace Kenneth D. Cameron (Colonel, USMC) as NASA manager of operational activities at Star City, Russia. As Director of Operations, Russia, Readdy will work with Russian trainers, engineers and flight controllers to support the training of NASA astronauts at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, and to enhance continued cooperation between NASA and Russia's Space Agency (RSA). Readdy's primary responsibilities will include the support of U.S. astronauts and their families currently living in Star City. He also will monitor the current training program as well as develop a syllabus for Shuttle crews training to dock with the Mir space station. In addition, he will establish and maintain the operational relationships required to help develop plans and procedures which support the long-term, joint operations between NASA, RSA and Star City. Readdy will join fellow astronauts Norman E. Thagard, M.D., and Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., who have been training in Star City since February as the prime and backup crew members for a 3-month flight aboard Mir. Thagard is scheduled to be launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft March 1, 1995. Following his three-month stay on Mir, the crew of mission STS-71, which will include Dunbar as a mission specialist, will dock Space Shuttle Atlantis to Mir. It will be the first of up to 10 Shuttle visits that will be made to the Russian space station during the 1995-1997 time frame.
Extractions: OAS_AD('Top'); Adventures in Space for a Price Wednesday, June 05, 2002 By Catherine Donaldson-Evans If youve ever longed to be an astronaut, floating weightless and catching a glimpse of Earth from outer space, a Washington, D.C.-area company can make your dream come true as long as you have the bucks. OAS_AD('Middle'); Space Adventures, a private company based in Arlington, Va., sends its patrons on $5,400 zero-gravity flights, where they experience brief bouts of weightlessness, and edge-of-space excursions costing up to $12,995 that let them see the curvature of the earth. Astronaut wannabes can also witness a shuttle launch for $1,150 or go through simulated cosmonaut training for up to $6,995. And if they have $20 million and at least six months to train, they might be able to blast off on an orbital flight to the International Space Station like entrepreneur Dennis Tito did last year. "The era of space tourism has begun," said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures. "Space is back in." The company is building an FAA-certified aircraft that can take passengers on $98,000 sub-orbital flights starting in 2005 where theyll travel to an altitude of 62 miles, experience several minutes of weightlessness and see Earth from outer space before returning home to earn their astronaut wings.
André Kuipers and Yuri A. Gagarin cosmonaut training Centre (Star Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), or spacewalk, training. which included Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/kuipers.html
Extractions: The European Astronaut Corps ESA Paris, 5 October 1998 The Director General of ESA, Antonio Rodota, together with the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Annemarie Jorritsma, announced Europe's newest astronaut, Andre Kuipers, today at Space Expo in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. André Kuipers (40), a medical doctor from Amsterdam, joins the other astronauts that make up the European corps. He will begin training around mid-1999 to qualify for future missions onboard the International Space Station. Kuipers is a specialist in space-related medical research. Since 1991, he has participated in the preparation, data collection and ground control of physiological experiments developed by ESA for flight on board the US Space Shuttle, the Russian Mir space station and, in the future, on the International Space Station. He also coordinates the life-science experiments for ESA parabolic flight campaigns and takes part as an experimenter, test subject and flight surgeon.
CSA - Col. Chris A. Hadfield as the Chief astronaut for the CSA. From 20012003, Hadfield was the Director of Operations for NASA at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training Centre (GCTC) in http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/csa_sectors/human_pre/cao/biohadfield.asp
Extractions: Printable Version Personal Data : Born August 29, 1959, in Sarnia, and raised in Milton, Ontario, Colonel Chris Hadfield is married to Helene Hadfield (née Walter). They have three children. He enjoys skiing, playing guitar, singing, riding, writing, running, and playing volleyball and squash. His parents, Roger and Eleanor Hadfield, reside near Milton. Her mother, Gwendoline Walter, resides in Victoria, B.C. Her father, Erhard Walter, is deceased. Education : Graduated as an Ontario Scholar from Milton District High School in 1977; Received a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering (with honours), Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1982; Conducted post-graduate research at the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1982; Received a Master of Science in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee in 1992. Affiliations : Royal Military College Club; Society of Experimental Test Pilots; Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Honourary Patron of Lambton College; Trustee of Lakefield College School. Special Honours : Recipient of the 1988 Liethen-Tittle Award (top pilot graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School). U.S. Navy Test Pilot of the Year (1991). Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the Royal Military College (1996). Member of the Order of Ontario (1996). Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Trent University (1999). Vanier Award (2001). Meritorious Service Cross (2001). NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2002). Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal (2003).
Science Schools And Research Of GCTC The principal achievement of this school is establishing science grounded system for cosmonaut and astronaut training and its vitality was proved by the space http://www.gctc.ru/eng/direct/s_school_e.htm
Extractions: The Center established and has been keeping on developing of some science schools within the field of its primary activities. The most experienced and competent experts were in charge of establishing each of those schools. Science school Substantiating, elaborating and developing general methodology and cosmonaut training system. It was established in early 70-es. The experience in cosmonaut training and manned space flights is a base for that schoolÒs research. Analyzing and generalizing of that experience resulted in important organizing and training support for cosmonaut training including two base guidelines on cosmonaut training established in the eighties and nineties. The principal achievement of this school is establishing science grounded system for cosmonaut and astronaut training and its vitality was proved by the space flights. Science school Substantiating, elaborating and developing methodology for cosmonaut training using integrated and specialized simulators. It was established in 1961.
