Gus astronaut
Grissom was the second American to make a suborbital flight. His craft sank into the Atlantic – he insisted until his death that he did nothing to cause the hatch to blow. Photo: AP In October 1961, Gus Grissom glumly confided to his mother in a letter that is now up for auction that he and his fellow Mercury 7 astronauts resented John Glenn after he was picked to be the first American…
Astronaut blog
There is also space tourist Mark Shuttleworth who was born in South Africa and has dual nationality. He had a South African flag on his space suit sleeve. Helen Sharman is the first British astronaut. I was a kid when she went to Mir and both her and Michael Foale were inspirations to me. According to the press Unfortunately, the press have latched on to phrases such as Britain…
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Amanda Palmer astronaut
Dresden Dolls songstress Amanda Palmer and Coraline author Neil Gaiman joined forces for SPIN.com’s Liner Notes event June 3, playing songs and reading stories for an intimate crowd of 300 — with all proceeds going to the Housing Works AIDS charity. Couldn’t score a ticket to the event? Don’t fret: You can watch the best moments right here, right now! Below are four video clips…
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Astronaut helmet Child
Pull on this official looking, white plastic NASA astronaut helmet and everyone will believe you re on the way to the stars. With a spring loaded retractable reflective visor shield to protect from cosmic radiation, and dummy boom microphone for talking to mission control, press one of the buttons on the helmet to initiate a countdown followed by realistic blast off sounds. With…
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Astronaut Videos in Space
Commuting to work isn’t easy in space. After Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Misha Kornienko blasted off from Kazakhstan aboard their Soyuz spacecraft in the early morning hours of March 29, it took them six hours to reach the International Space Station. Six hours doesn’t seem like much—barely a flight from New York to London. But New York to London is a trip of only 3, 459 miles…
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Videos Of astronauts
Astronauts have played around with floating spheres of water and effervescent tablets on the ISS numerous times, but this video starring astronaut Scott Kelly and his ball of changing colors is exceptional. That s because it is one of the first space videos that NASA has shot in 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD). And right now, NASA is testing and evaluating these cameras to learn…
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NASA astronaut training program
QUIZ: Are you smart enough to get into NASAs astronaut training
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