Astronauts
An astronaut (from the Greek "astron" (ἄστρον), meaning "star", and "nautes" (ναύτης), meaning "sailor") is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the terms are sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists and tourists."Astronaut" technically applies to all human space travelers regardless of nationality or allegiance, however astronauts fielded by Russia or the Soviet Union are typically known instead as cosmonauts (from the Russian "kosmos" (космос), meaning "universe", also borrowed from Greek) …
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CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 8 May 2024 English
f ood insecur i t y globally beyond the direct disrupt ion from the war; The mult ifaceted damages result ing from a nuclear conflict have been the object of …
ion was no surprise. count ries—and endanger astronauts. Space debris As one of the five permanent members …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 7 May 2024 English
The commercial American space industry has political ideas that are shaping our future, shows new report
transport cargo in Low Earth Orbit and to deliver astronauts to the international space station. These are … one hand, the cultural symbolics of space – astronauts, rockets, the genius scientist – remains a unifying … place of impressive rocket launches, courageous astronauts, or speedy internet. It is where an important …
FoE: Friends of Europe · 6 May 2024 English
OVERVIEW OF THE SELECTION PROCESS Since the launch of the programme, we have further improved the diversity and exceptional quality of its selection process. [...] Member of the Swedish Riksdag …
applicants in the agency’s 3 latest class of astronauts. He is also a Research and European sphere in …
DGAP: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik · 6 May 2024 English
The geopolitical contestation over disruptive technolo- created favourable conditions for a further increase in gies between the United States (US) and the People’s the global market share of Chinese technology …
private sector companies such as SpaceX. respective astronauts on the lunar surface within the This expansion … implementation of a major space exploration pro- astronauts access to space.5 gramme would generate a GDP … given. It will be capable of transporting two astronauts and a 200 kg rover to the lunar surface. Lunar …
RAND Corporation · 25 April 2024 English
This report summarises the findings of a RAND study on the intersection of emerging technologies with the space domain out to 2040. It considers the implications of future technology trends …
and Space Administration (NASA) aims to return astronauts to the Moon by 2025 through its Artemis programme … closed-loop life support systems to sustain astronauts in space through water recovery and the production … biology has the potential to ensure the health of astronauts during long voyages, by addressing challenges …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 23 April 2024 English
The Philippines needs to immediately stop violating China’s sovereignty and provoking China, honour its commitments, act on the understandings and consensus between the two sides, observe the Declaration on the …
works as hoped, it could cut the time it takes astronauts to reach Mars in half. When atoms split in two …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 April 2024 English
From 19 April to 1 June 2024, 968 million Indian voters are eligible to elect the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Voting is to take more than six …
lunar south pole. India is aiming to fly three astronauts to low earth orbit in 2025, and the Indian Space … independently owned space station by 2035 and to send astronauts to the moon by 2040. In 2019, India became the …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 15 April 2024 English
Introduction: Modi Heralds a New Era in India-US Partnership Harsh V. Pant and Vivek Lall In June 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined an elite league of leaders, such …
NASA is slated to provide training to Indian astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, culminating …
Chruch Action on Poverty · 12 April 2024 English
As Isaiah 58:6–7 says: This is one of the reflections “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs shared by …
new if it wasn’t about people wanting to be astronauts “People have unaddressed environmental doesn’t …
WEF: World Economic Forum · 5 April 2024 English
The key findings of the report are: How the space economy will continue Space will be a larger part of the global to transform 1 economy by 2035 While industry …
to expand, such as Grimaldi Group’s only for astronauts, and where access to multiple partnership with … space applications in centric industry; Saudi astronauts geopolitical conflicts. visited the International … Across all continents, nations have shown similar astronauts visited the International Space developments …
