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Research Topics on: astronauts

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Books on: astronauts

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Encyclopedia Articles on: astronauts

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    Astronaut
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...undergo rigorous training. The early astronauts had all previously been test pilots, but later astronauts have included scientists and physicians...space are simulated in ground training. Astronauts are trained to function effectively...
     
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    Space Exploration
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...enough to support a spacecraft carrying astronauts. In Aug., 1966, the United States successfully...astronaut in orbit, the launching of several astronauts in a single capsule, the rendezvous...Gemini program, carrying two American astronauts, occurred a few days after the Soviet...
     
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    Air Lock
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...different pressures, that enables personnel to transfer from one environment to the other. Space capsules have air locks to enable astronauts to move between the pressurized cabin and the near vacuum of space. A more common example is the air lock between the outer...
     
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    Space Medicine
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...over the physiological conditions of astronauts has spurred the development of improved...from the space program. Studies of how astronauts would walk in the moons weak gravitational...number of red cells decreases. Russian astronauts undergo strenuous exercise routines...
     
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    Space Shuttle
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...shortly after takeoff, killing all seven astronauts. The commission that investigated the...up during reentry, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA again halted shuttle...first ISS module. A month later the astronauts aboard Endeavour initiated the first...
     

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