SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Astronaut candidates receive training at JSC near Houston, Texas. They attend classes on shuttle systems, in basic science and technology: mathematics, geology meteorology, guidance and navigation, oceanography, orbital dynamics, astronomy, physics, and materials processing are among the subjects.

Detailed explanation-2: -A: The Space Shuttle orbits the Earth at an altitude of 120-300 miles. We fly the shuttle to the ISS where we dock and continue work onboard the station. In the past we have taken the shuttle to the Russian MIR space station, and we have used it to visit the Hubble Space Telescope for on-orbit repairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -It would have been impossible to build the Space Station on Earth and then launch it into space in one go-there is no rocket big enough or powerful enough. To get round this problem the Space Station was taken into space piece-by-piece and gradually built in orbit, approximately 400 km above the Earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biology, physiology, fluid physics and combustion, material sciences, fundamental physics and astrobiology are all studied in space, observing how gravity affects basic phenomena on Earth and expanding our knowledge of the world around us.

Detailed explanation-5: -Typically, astronauts travel to the space station via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule or, in the case of Russian cosmonauts, a Russian Soyuz capsule. The Soyuz was the primary form of transportation for all astronauts and cosmonauts after NASA’s space shuttle program retired in 2011.

Detailed explanation-6: -Flying experience is not a requirement. The Astronaut Candidate Program requires either 2 years of professional related experience, or 1, 000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft to meet the minimum qualification requirement. Jet aircraft experience is usually obtained through the military.