Russia Selling Underwater Cosmonaut Lessons In May 1990, the Russian government authorized Star City to look for foreign customers and offer them basic cosmonaut training. http://www.space.com/news/spaceagencies/commercial_cosmo_000527.html
Extractions: Tired of holding your breath for your chance to experience watery weightlessness? Your wait is over. Once you get to the Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center outside Moscow, it costs less than a VCR to enroll in an entry-level course that will give you the chance to train underwater as cosmonauts do. Training in the neutral buoyancy lab at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center The Gagarin Center (commonly referred as Star City ) has been offering space travel training experiences to the public since 1990. Now it is selling courses in its underwater neutral buoyancy tank which measures about 25 yards (23 meters) across and is about 13 yards (12 meters) deep. More Stories
Cosmonaut Training And Space Tours At Star City, Russia Fly Russian MiGs, British fighter jets, fly to the Edge of Space and experience Zero Gravity, explore the Tunisian Sahara in a hovercraft, a dunecart, a hot air balloon, see the world by train and http://www.incredible-adventures.com/star_city.html
Extractions: var name='inf'; var domain='atlasaerospace.net'; document.write(''); Main Page Space flight Zero Gravity Hydrospace ... We in press The "ATLAS Aerospace" company invites all the volunteers to pass a course of space training in the simulators of the Yuri Gagarin Russian State Scientific-Research and Test Center of Cosmonaut Training. You will acquire actual skills on a space vehicle control by means of unique hardware and facilities and learn a lot about the space vehicle's docking process. You also will be given fundamentals of space navigation. The specialized simulators are used for acquiring skills on carrying out single particular operations, such as approach and docking with other manned space vehicles, run of experiments and research, preparation for air-locking and exit from the manned space vehicle etc. Therefore, specialized simulators simulate operation of single independent systems and informational sources, which are used by cosmonauts for carrying out specific particular tasks. The integrated simulators are used for acquiring skills on carrying out the mission plan as a whole. All skills and knowledge, which have been previously mastered by means of specialized simulators and trainers, are integrated here. Integrated simulators enable to simulate and to train the whole program of the forthcoming mission and run of all systems, starting from the procedure of pre-launch preparation of the manned space vehicle and ending up with crew actions after touchdown. The staff of the Mission Control Center regularly participates in such training, thus enabling to improve its interaction with the crew. Therefore, integrated simulators have the greatest entirety of simulated systems of control.
Astronaut - Cosmonaut Memorial - Charles A. Bassett, II Bio astronaut cosmonaut Memorial - Charles A. Bassett, II Bio. Biography of Charles A. Bassett, II (Captain). This memorial is dedicated to the brave men and women of the astronaut and cosmonaut in http://space.about.com/library/weekly/blmembio2.htm
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Space / Astronomy Home ... Featured Astronomy Image of the Week zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Multimedia Resources News - Current Events Stars Planets Galaxies Education - Astronomy/Space ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Space / Astronomy newsletter. Search Space / Astronomy Charles A. Bassett, II NAME: Charles A. Bassett, II (Captain) PERSONAL DATA:
NASAexplores 9-12 Lesson Astronaut Training (Teacher Sheets) the present time, these payload specialists may be cosmonauts or astronauts 100 men and women are chosen for the astronaut candidate training program http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_912_teacher_st.php?id=030107171939
Buklamania Outdoor Sports Train today, fly tomorrow (It s almost that simple.) Now, you can qualify International Space Station without having to be a career astronaut or cosmonaut. http://www.bukla.com/uzay/orbital.htm
Extractions: TERRESTRIAL TOURS RMS-Titanic Innerspace Deepsea Vents Innerspace Shuttle Lunch Tours Neutral Buoyancy Training ... Centrifuge 'G' Training EDGE OF SPACE Journey to edge of space Su-30 'Flanker' Mig-29 'Fulcrum' Mig-23 'Flogger' ... L-39 'Albatross' ZERO GRAVITY Zero Gravirty Flights SUB-ORBITAL Sub-Orbital Flights ORBITAL Orbital Flights Star City Terms and Conditions Note on Availability of ISS Flights: Once you understand the challenges you'll face and meet the prerequisites, we can help arrange for your flight. Nothing is completely assured, it's up to you. The final medical examinations and qualification procedures will be stringent, and the training sessions will be physically and mentally demanding. Not everyone was meant to fly into space, but as we pass the 40th anniversary of the first manned space flight, Space Adventures is now giving private citizen explorers, like you, the opportunity to visit an orbiting space station. Find out if you can join Dennis Tito and the select few who have left the Earth behind, to experience the excitement and wonders of spaceflight first-hand.
Eureka Online - Riding High - Resource Sheet 3 the first extravehicular activity (EVA) by any ESA astronaut. parts of the programme full EVA training. Mir station and modules) permits cosmonauts and ESA http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/R/riding_high/resource3.html
Extractions: Text Only TV Listings ... LIFE The astronauts and cosmonauts on board Mir have two prime functions: An advantage of having science experiments conducted manually in space is that the crew members are able to use their initiative and resourcefulness in understanding and correcting problems, interpreting new requests from scientists on the ground, and taking advantage of unexpected or fortuitous situations. Four ESA astronauts were chosen for the two EUROMIR missions, each mission having one ESA-designated astronaut (for crew 1) and one stand-by astronaut (for crew 2). Thomas Reiter was crew 1 for EUROMIR 95. All the astronauts began training preparations in early 1993 at ESA's European Astronauts' Centre (EAC) near Cologne, Germany, with introductory courses on Russian space operations and safety issues, and intensive instruction in the Russian language - as future training and mission operations would be conducted in Russian. Formal mission training began in August 1993 at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (TsPK) at 'Star City' near Moscow. In the first phase, all four ESA astronauts went through basic training together. This included crew training in general technical and biomedical subjects, and in Soyuz and Mir systems on Soyuz-TM and Mir simulators and trainers. The astronauts also gained experience in working under conditions of microgravity during training sessions on a Russian Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft (the 'Flying Laboratory') performing parabolic flights.
MSN Encarta - Astronaut and space station astronauts and cosmonauts usually go Many missions require specific training in addition to the general astronaut training, especially if http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574541/Astronaut.html
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MSN Encarta - Tereshkova, Valentina Tereshkova may have trained for a Voskhod mission that fly in space was Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya space until 1983, when US astronaut and physicist http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575085/Tereshkova_Valentina.html
Extractions: MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: logoImg('http://sc.msn.com'); Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade to Encarta Premium Search Encarta Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Send us feedback Related Items Astronaut Space Exploration more... Magazines Search the Encarta Magazine Center for magazine and news articles about this topic Further Reading Tereshkova, Valentina News Search MSNBC for news about Tereshkova, Valentina Internet Search Search Encarta about Tereshkova, Valentina Search MSN for Web sites about Tereshkova, Valentina Also on Encarta Editor's picks: Good books about Iraq Compare top online degrees What's so funny? The history of humor Also on MSN Summer shopping: From grills to home decor D-Day remembered on Discovery Switch to MSN in 3 easy steps Our Partners Capella University: Online degrees LearnitToday: Computer courses CollegeBound Network: ReadySetGo Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Encyclopedia Article from Encarta Advertisement document.write(' Tereshkova, Valentina Multimedia 3 items Tereshkova, Valentina (1937-â), Soviet cosmonaut and parachutist, the first woman to fly in space. Tereshkova flew aboard Vostok 6 (
Section 550:The Changing Job Of Astronaut Lent by the Museum of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts training Center, Star City, Russia. SOKOL KV2 SPACE SUIT. US astronaut Norman Thagard wore this space suit as http://www.hrw.com/science/si-science/earth/spacetravel/spacerace/SpaceRace/sec5
Extractions: Section 550 I n the pioneering days of spaceflight, most astronauts were recruited from the ranks of test pilots. Later a few scientists were added into the astronaut corps to conduct research in space. F or the multipurpose Space Shuttle, the roles of astronauts became more varied. The astronaut corps expanded to include crew members called mission specialists, who are responsible for spacecraft systems and operations other than piloting. Scientists, engineers, physicians, and pilots can become mission specialists. F or many missions, guest astronauts called payload specialistswho are not part of the NASA astronaut corps train with the crew. Payload specialists come from universities, research centers, government agencies, businesses, and other nations that use the Shuttle. They are responsible for science and engineering payloads. THE CHANGING ASTRONAUT CORPS W ith changing roles and changes in society, the astronaut corps has become more diverse. From 1959 through 1972, all U.S. astronauts were white men, selected primarily from military test pilot programs and a few scientific fields. For the Shuttle program
Extractions: The cooperation set forth in this Implementing Agreement will be undertaken in accordance with the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, of June 17, 1992 (hereinafter the June 17, 1992 Agreement). An experienced cosmonaut will fly abroad the Space Shuttle on the STS-60 mission, which is currently scheduled for November 1993. The cosmonaut will be an integral member of the orbiter crew, and will be trained as a Mission Specialist on Shuttle systems, flight operations, and manifested payload procedures following existing Shuttle practices. The RSA will nominate two cosmonauts for approval by NASA as candidates for the STS-60 Space Shuttle mission. In accordance with Article IV, one of the two cosmonauts will be designated the primary Russian-sponsored crewmember, with the other being designated as a backup crewmember. Both crewmembers will receive Mission Specialist Astronaut training, until the time that the STS-60 crew begins dedicated mission training. From that point, the backup crewmember will receive as much training as practical. The two cosmonauts will be scheduled for arrival at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in October, 1992. Their names, experience and personal history will be provided to NASA by the RSA prior to the initiation of training. An experienced NASA astronaut will fly on the Mir Space Station as an integral long-duration crewmember (e.g., longer than 90 days) participating as an integral member of the crew in a variety of operations and experiments. The timing of this flight will be consistent with a Shuttle docking flight in 1994 or 1995. The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz transportation system. Special emphasis will be placed on science, particularly life science, as well as engineering and operational objectives. Astronaut and cosmonaut participation before, during and after the long duration flight will be emphasized to accomplish all flight objectives.
ESA - PR - BIOS - EN - Ulf Merbold In August 1993, after preparatory courses at the European astronaut Centre (EAC), he started training at TsPK (Cosmonauts training Centre) in Star City near http://www.estec.esa.nl/spaceflight/astronaut/eacpr/bios/cv_um.htm
Extractions: BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Greiz, Germany, 20 June 1941. EDUCATION: FAMILY: Married, two children. RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Enjoys skiing, glider flying and piano playing. EXPERIENCE: After university, Ulf Merbold joined the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, first on the basis of a scholarship of the Max Planck Society and later as a staff member, where he studied state and low temperature physics, in particular experimental investigations of lattice defects in body-centred cubic metals. In 1977, Merbold was pre-selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a Payload Specialist for the first flight of the European-built Spacelab laboratory on the US Space Shuttle (Spacelab 1). A year later he was nominated as one of the three Payload Specialists for the mission and in 1982 was selected for flight by the ESA Director General, following a recommendation of the Principal Investigators (the scientists involved in the mission). Ulf Merbold became the first non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle during the STS-9 mission (28 November to 8 December 1983), the primary objective of which was the verification of Spacelab in orbit and the execution of 72 highly sophisticated scientific experiments.
ESA - PR - BIOS - EN - Thomas Reiter to join ESAs astronaut Corps, based at the European astronaut Center (EAC the Euromir 95 mission and started training at TsPK (Cosmonauts training Center) in http://www.estec.esa.nl/spaceflight/astronaut/eacpr/bios/cv_tr.htm
Extractions: PERSONAL DATA: Born May 23, 1958, in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He is married and has two sons. Enjoys fencing, badminton, cooking, and playing guitar. EDUCATION: FAMILY: Married, two sons. EXPERIENCE: After completion of military jet training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Thomas Reiter flew the Alpha-Jet in a fighter-bomber squadron based in Oldenburg, Germany. He was involved in the development of computerized mission planning systems and became a flight-operations officer and deputy squadron commander. After completing the test-pilot training Class 2 at the German flight test center in Manching during 1990, Reiter was involved in several flight test projects and conversion training on the Tornado the following year. Reiter attended the Class 1 test pilot training at ETPS, Boscombe Down, in 1992. His flight experience includes more than 2000 hours in military combat jet aircraft of more than 15 types. In March 1995, he was assigned on-board engineer for the Euromir 95 mission, a record-breaking 179 days on ESA's Euromir 95 mission ( September 3, 1995 until February 29, 1996) with 2 spacewalks (EVAs).
BBC News | SCI/TECH | 'Space Tourist' Begins Final Training Following his training in Russia, Mr Tito is his preparation work, accompanied by cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev with the arrival of US astronaut William Shepherd http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1152000/1152452.stm
Extractions: He has paid an estimated $20m for the chance to become the first private citizen to travel to the space station. Mr Tito, 60, is expected to spend three weeks training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow before leaving for Houston in the US. But his hopes of enjoying the flight of a lifetime appeared under threat last week when he was admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia - from which he has now recovered. There also appears to be some confusion over which of the ISS regulatory bodies is required to give his space trip final approval. 'Lifeboat' mission Mr Tito believes he requires only medical approval from Russian doctors, but according to the US space agency, Nasa, the trip requires their approval.
Encyclopedia: Astronaut The furthest distance from Earth an astronaut has traveled was with a first group of 6 cosmonauts from fellow countries, a second group started training in 1978 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Astronaut
Extractions: several. Compare All Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 100 Bottom 100 Bottom 20 Bottom 10 Bottom 5 All (desc) in category: Select Category Agriculture Crime Currency Democracy Economy Education Energy Environment Food Geography Government Health Identification Immigration Internet Labor Language Manufacturing Media Military Mortality People Religion Sports Taxation Transportation Welfare with statistic: view: Correlations Printable graph / table Pie chart Scatterplot with ... * Asterisk means graphable. An astronaut cosmonaut or taikonaut is a person who travels into space, or who makes a career of doing so. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. In the United States, persons who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 kilometers) are designated as astronauts. The FAI defines spaceflight as over 100 km. To
Extractions: Tasks of the stand. To simulate the ISS RS on-board systems operation. To provide an adequate respond of the onboard systems' models to the controlling action of a trainee To provide a virtual picture of ISS RS and a free translation inside the virtual world, having six degrees of freedom and a possibility of on-line interaction between the exterior and interior of ISS RS and its on-board systems models To ensure an informational and reference support of a trainee, who is in need of the required information on the ISS board systems and hardware To train a team spirit. To master the interaction between crewmembers, while operating the on-board systems, doing maintenance and repair. In the course of their training and depending on the training stage cosmonauts and astronauts study the on-board systems' location and their design principles, ISS RS structure and configuration, acquire skills of onboard systems control with the help of consoles and control panels in regular and off-nominal modes.
Space Tourist Takes Cosmonaut Exam A California millionaire who hopes to become the world s first space tourist took his final exam Tuesday at Russia s cosmonaut training center in a sign that http://www.hypography.com/article.cfm?id=30731
Definition Of Astronaut - WordIQ Dictionary & Encyclopedia with a first group of 6 cosmonauts from fellow Space Agency selected 4 astronauts to train for the the European Space Agency formed a single astronaut corps of http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Astronaut
Extractions: U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut using a manned maneuvering unit. Picture courtesy NASA An astronaut cosmonaut or taikonaut is a person who travels into space , or who makes a career of doing so. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. In the United States, persons who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 kilometers) are designated as astronauts. The FAI defines spaceflight as over 100 km. To April 18 , a total of 440 humans by the US definition had spent a total of 27,082 crew-days in space including 98 crew-days of spacewalks. 434 people qualify under the FAI definition. Astronauts from at least 32 countries have gone into space. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 International variations
Astronaut Biography: Initially, he trained as backup to the ISS Expedition3 crew engineer The Expedition-Five crew (two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut) will stay http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_treschev.html
Extractions: Cosmonaut of the RSC ENERGIA PERSONAL DATA: Born 18 August, 1958 in Volynsky District, Lipetsk Region (Russia). Married to Elvira Victorovna Trescheva. They have two sons, Dmitry and Alexy. His father is Yevgeny Georgievich Treschev, and his mother is Nina Davydovna Trescheva. His hobbies include soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, hiking, tennis, music, photography, and video. EDUCATION: 1982 Graduated of the Moscow Energy Institute. EXPERIENCE: From 1982 to 1984, Treschev served as a group leader in an Air Force regiment. He worked as a foreman and as an engineer at the RSC ENERGIA from 1984 to 1986. His responsibilities included the analysis and planning of cosmonaut activities aboard the Orbital Station and their inflight technical training. He also developed technical documentation and, together with the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, coordinated all facets of cosmonaut training. His duties also included crew support and training for descent and emergency escape scenarios aboard the MIR Orbital Station. He also participated as a test operator during tests of the ground-based complex (transport vehicle/ MIR core module/ KVANT -2 module docked configuration) to optimize the Life Support System of
Astronaut astronauts (and cosmonauts) are people specially trained to work The first astronaut was Yuri Gagarin, who was launched into space in April 1961 aboard http://kosmoi.com/Technology/Space/Astronaut/
Extractions: EncycloZine Astronomy Biology Chemistry ... Web Design NEAL THOMPSON High Calling : The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband Evelyn Husband, Donna VanLiere Flight My Life in Mission Control Christopher C. Kraft, Chris Kraft The Last Man on the Moon : Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space Donald A. Davis A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Andrew L. Chaikin, Tom Hanks Astronauts : and Other Stories Matthew Iribarne I Want to Be an Astronaut Byron Barton Floating in Space Franklyn M. Branley, True Kelley The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Micheal Collins Bea Uusma Schyffert Deke! : An Autobiography Donald K. Slayton, Michael Cassutt About Us A - Z Site Map Top Pages ... Cell Phones See also: Astronomy Earth Moon NASA ... Posters At AllPosters.com Astronauts (and cosmonauts) are people specially trained to work in space , spending weeks or months carrying out mission tasks and research in science on a space station or spacecraft. The first astronaut was Yuri Gagarin, who was launched into space in April 1961 aboard Vostok 1. The first woman astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova, who was launched into space in June 1963 aboard Vostok 6. The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard
