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    Astronaut training describes the complex process of preparing astronauts in regions around the world for their space missions before, during and after...
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    An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed...
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    The United States Astronaut Badge is a badge of the United States, awarded to military and civilian personnel who are employed with the National Aeronautics...
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    territories. The Group 23 astronaut candidates were originally planned to arrive at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for training in the summer of 2021...
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    Jonny Kim (category American astronauts)
    Doctor of Medicine, and an acceptance to NASA Astronaut Group 22 in 2017. He completed his astronaut training in 2020 and was awaiting a flight assignment...
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    the intensive astronaut candidate training program. Including the "Original Seven", 339 candidates have been selected to date. The Astronaut Corps is based...
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    astronaut candidates completed their winter survival training. ISRO has also proposed a₹2,700 crore (US$320 million) plan to establish an astronaut training...
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    "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an Italian-American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969...
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  • NASA Astronaut Corps hold one of two ranks. Astronaut Candidate is the rank of those training to be NASA astronauts. Upon graduation from training, candidates...
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    eleven times for astronaut training by NASA, Hernández was selected in May 2004. In February 2006 he completed Astronaut Candidate Training that included...
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    Lisa Nowak (category American women astronauts)
    born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and...
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    The Chief Astronaut serves as head of the NASA Astronaut Corps and is the principal advisor to the NASA Administrator on astronaut training and operations...
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    served as a social gathering point for astronauts prior to launch. Officially it was called the Astronaut Training and Rehabilitation Building then, today...
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    pilot, and astronaut. He is the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts. He was controversially...
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    Astronaut Corps. It is near to Cologne, Germany, and is subdivided into six separate arms, these being Astronaut Training, Space Medicine, Astronaut Management...
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    years of initial astronaut training as a NASA astronaut candidate on March 5, 2024. Since completion of initial astronaut training, Menon could be assigned...
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    Agency astronauts for training. NASA announced the creation of this astronaut group in November 2015 and accepted applications for astronaut hires from...
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    continue work with senior astronauts who mentor them in furthering their training. In the final training period, the astronauts focus on the specific requirements...
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  • and development of training facilities. ISRO is also discussing an agreement with Russia regarding some aspects of astronaut training. Human Space Flight...
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    non-government astronaut, for example Charlie Walker, who flies while representing a non-government corporation but with funding or training or both coming...
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    Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the...
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  • Florida party girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. A falsified application leads her into astronaut training with other candidates. Emma Roberts as Rex...
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    three production Lunar Landing Training Vehicles (LLTV) which along with the LLRV's were used to train the astronauts at the Houston Manned Spacecraft...
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    Experience, a simulated ride into space. The center also provides astronaut training experiences, including a multi-axial chair and Mars Base simulator...
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    NASA Astronaut Group 3—"The Fourteen"—was a group of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA for the Gemini and Apollo program. Their selection was announced...
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    physician and a NASA astronaut. Specializing in aerospace medicine, he served as a flight surgeon for NASA before his selection as an astronaut and has played...
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    communicated with their geologist instructors via radio. Astronauts who would use this training on the Moon included Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 12's...
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    Retrieved 24 Jul 2012. Phinney, William (2015). Science Training History of the Apollo Astronauts. NASA SP -2015-626. pp. 242, 247–248. Rio Grande Wild...
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    Sunita Williams (category American women astronauts)
    Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, United States Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks...
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    train the Apollo astronauts in recognizing rocks formed as the result of a very large impact, such as breccias. Those who used this training on the Moon include...
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