Spread the loveAstronauts play a critical role in both space missions and the maintenance of space stations. A master’s degree in a STEM discipline is required, as well as two years of NASA training.
A landscape that could easily be mistaken for the Moon is actually Iceland’s Vatnajökull National Park, where the US space agency (NASA)’s most recent astronaut training mission wrapped up.
As part of NASA’s 2021 astronaut candidate class training programme, Emirati astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla are on track with their extensive training regimen, with both conducting ...
Gaganyaan Mission astronaut Group Captain Angad Pratap said ... three to three-and-a-half hours are dedicated towards physical training on a daily basis," Group Captain Angad Pratap said.
Two British astronauts are gearing up for the next stage of their training, which will include spacewalk simulation and survival exercises. Meganne Christian and John McFall will begin their two-month ...