SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (astron), meaning ‘star’, and (nautes), meaning ‘sailor’) is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.

Detailed explanation-2: -An astronaut is a person trained to pilot a spacecraft, travel in a spacecraft or work in space.

Detailed explanation-3: -At NASA, following the selection phase, the so-called “AsCans” (Astronaut candidates) have to undergo up to two years of training/indoctrination period to become fully qualified astronauts. Initially, all AsCans must go through basic training to learn both technical and soft skills.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “astronaut” derives from the Greek words meaning “space sailor, ‘’ and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond.