Becoming a NASA astronaut
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artiteacher Reduced-gravity aircraft allow trainees to experience true weightlessness for short, intense bursts.
artiteacher Astronauts spend hundreds of hours underwater to simulate the weightless environment of outer space.
artiteacher Assemble the rocket stages to learn how NASA sends astronauts to space.
Astronaut pool size: NASA's training pool is so massive it can hold a full-scale mockup of the International Space Station.
A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. In April 1959, NASA selected its first seven military test pilots for spaceflight training.
Roughly how many people applied for NASA's 2021 astronaut class compared to how many were chosen?
What is the primary purpose of wilderness survival training for NASA astronauts?
Why must modern NASA astronauts learn to speak Russian as part of their training?
What is the minimum educational requirement to apply for NASA's astronaut candidate program?
How long does a single parabolic dive in a training aircraft provide weightlessness for NASA trainees?
Where is NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, the giant pool used for spacewalk training, located?
For every hour a NASA astronaut expects to spend spacewalking, how many hours must they train underwater?
What is the nickname of the parabolic flight aircraft used to train NASA astronauts for weightlessness?