Astronauts landing on the moon
The Apollo 11 lunar landing module Eagle, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard, is photographed above the moon by crewmate Michael Collins on the Columbia command module during rendezvous operations on July 21, 1969. The Apollo 11 moon landing, and other NASA Apollo missions, were risky missions for astronauts and the space agency. Credit: NASA The moon is a tough…
Astro program
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Advanced Short-Term Research Opportunity Program is a highly selective program offering challenging short-term research opportunities to persons working on or holding recent Master’s or Doctoral degrees. ASTRO participants conduct research in areas that support ORNL missions in the basic and applied sciences, energy, and environment. Appointments…
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All about astronauts
If you ve ever wanted to be an astronaut, now might be your chance – provided you can satisfy a few pesky job requirements, that is. The space agency says the call, the first since 2011, is necessitated by the impending return of current astronauts to American soil and the prospect of a possible journey to Mars. The space agency promises, in a press release, that chosen astronauts…
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Astronauts see Aliens
He also became famous, in certain circles, for seeing a UFO. On one of his Reddit posts, Col. Aldrin explained, “On Apollo 11 in route to the Moon, I observed a light out the window that appeared to be moving alongside us. There were many explanations of what that could be, other than another spacecraft from another country or another world – it was either the rocket we had separated…
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French astronauts
Jean-Loup Chrétien (born Aug. 20, 1938, La Rochelle , France ), French astronaut who was the first person from western Europe to go into space, aboard a Soviet flight to the Salyut 7 space station in June 1982. Chrétien flew a second Soviet mission to Mir in 1988 and then returned to as a U.S.-trained astronaut aboard the space shuttle in 1997. Chrétien graduated in 1961 from the…
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Satellites and astronauts
Of course the philosopher Socrates would not have been thinking about satellites or spacecraft at this time, but his famous quote is quite apt! Artificial satellites have helped us to discover and learn more about our world and beyond from above Earth’s surface. But what exactly are satellites and what is their function? A satellite can be defined as an artificial body which has…
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MIT aerospace
Researchers and students in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics work to advance science, policy, economic, and engineering issues relating to the interaction of aviation, environment, and energy. They work on developing technologies including silent aircraft, alternative jet fuels, unmanned vehicles, constellations of tiny satellites, and ultra-wide-bandwidth communications…
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