The First African In Space Project to the diary of a cosmonautin-training, to the personal stories of the teammembers Who had the lucky job of Afro-astronaut? Our intrepid cosmonaut http://www.firstafricaninspace.com/
Extractions: news mission HQ about mark experiments ... iss sightings Captain's log Mark Shuttleworth - June 10, 2002: Parade a crowd-puller - Thousands of people gathered in Heerengracht and Adderley Streets in Cape Town to welcome Mark Shuttleworth home after his historic mission. Read More Photo of the Day: Honouring Gagarin Following tradition, the Soyuz crew places flowers at the graves of Yuri Gagarin and the four cosmonauts who have died in pursuit of man's exploration of space. Click here to download First African in Space mobile phone logos. In April 2002, a citizen of an African country launched into space and journeyed to the International Space Station. This website is your guide to the mission, to the science experiments that South African scientists designed for, to the diary of a cosmonaut-in-training, to the personal stories of the team members who made it all a success. Check our galleries of project images, read the logs of our team members and follow the rollout of space-related educational materials in SA. Who had the lucky job of Afro-astronaut?
Extractions: ASI is the agency sponsoring this flight and the related experimental programme, under the terms of a framework agreement between the European Space Agency on the one hand and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos) and the Russian company RSC Energia on the other. The mission is a further mark of Europe's determination to intensify its fruitful cooperation with Russia, as ESA's Director of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity, Jörg Feustel-Büechl, confirms: "Roberto Vittori's mission to the International Space Station is another important milestone in the Euro-Russian cooperation which is contributing to the strategic development of both partners. It is one of a series of flight opportunities for European astronauts; the next is planned for October". A test pilot and Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force, Roberto Vittori, one of three Italian astronauts selectioned by ASI in the European Astronaut Corps, will be Flight Engineer on the Soyuz vehicle, alongside the Russian Soyuz Commander, Yuri Gidzenko, and Flight Participant Mark Shuttleworth, from South Africa. He will spend 8 days on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
ESA - Human Spaceflight - Astronauts - Thomas Reiter European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Personal data Born 23 May 1958, He continued training at the Russian cosmonaut training Center in Star City from http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAYBVZUMOC_astronauts_0.html
Extractions: ESA Home Astronauts International Space Station ... How to become an astronaut Living in space Living in space Learning to live with the laws of motion Daily life European astronauts The European Astronaut Corps Charta of the European Astronaut Corps Astronaut gallery Astronaut biographies Jean-Francois Clervoy Frank De Winne Pedro Duque Léopold Eyharts ... Claude Nicollier Thomas Reiter Hans Schlegel Gerhard Thiele Roberto Vittori European astronauts in space ... European astronauts in new functions European Astronaut Centre European Astronaut Centre EAC - Organisation and structure Mission participation and support Getting to EAC ... Contact us Training programme Training programme Training development Training facilities Services Calendar Subscribe Search All Human Spaceflight Advanced Search Astronaut biography Thomas Reiter, Astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Reiter
Universe Today - Greg Olsen Will Fly To Space He is in the process of completing the cosmonaut training program, and as declaredby the astronaut Successfully Plucks Out Filler From Shuttle s Belly http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/greg_olsen_third_space_flight_tourist.ht
Extractions: Web www.universetoday.com Greg Olsen Will Fly to Space Summary Jul 28, 2005 ) US entrepreneur Greg Olsen is going to get his trip to space after all. Space Adventures announced this week that Olsen will be joining the crew of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft, currently scheduled for launch on October 1, 2005. Olsen will remain on board the station for 8 days, and run a few experiments on remote sensing and infrared astronomy - whenever he can drag himself away from the window. He was originally scheduled to fly much earlier, but Russian doctors forced a delay because of health concerns. Full Story Gregory Olsen. Image credit: Space Adventures. Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today that American technology entrepreneur Gregory Olsen, Ph.D. has been confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 crew which is currently planned for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Dr. Olsen will be joining the 12th Expedition Crew which will also include NASA astronaut William McArthur and cosmonaut Valery Tokarev. Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures, the company which organized the spaceflights for the world's first private space explorers, American businessman Dennis Tito and the "First African in Space" Mark Shuttleworth, said, "I am extremely pleased that Greg has been named to the Soyuz TMA-7 crew. He is in the process of completing the cosmonaut training program, and as declared by the Russian space agency, he's in excellent condition and we enthusiastically look forward to his launch."
KOSMONAVTKA | Cosmonaut Training - Overview There are three primary objectives of cosmonaut training Other ISS partnerstraining programs. Canadian Space Agency astronaut training. http://au.geocities.com/kosmonavtka2/costrain_gen.html
Extractions: Su zy Sp ac e Home Cosmonauts There seems to be very little information about the training cosmonauts go through; all I have found is a page at the GCTC site, so the information below is paraphrased from this. (Any more information would be appreciated! Cosmonaut training is a kind of integrated activity, intended to generate and maintain an entirety of specific knowledge, skills and experience that are necessary to succeed in space missions and are considered to be a major part of a cosmonautâs proficiency. There are three primary objectives of cosmonaut training: Cosmonaut training is arranged in three stages: general space training;
Extractions: The cooperation set forth in this Implementing Agreement will be undertaken in accordance with the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, of June 17, 1992 (hereinafter the June 17, 1992 Agreement). An experienced cosmonaut will fly abroad the Space Shuttle on the STS-60 mission, which is currently scheduled for November 1993. The cosmonaut will be an integral member of the orbiter crew, and will be trained as a Mission Specialist on Shuttle systems, flight operations, and manifested payload procedures following existing Shuttle practices. The RSA will nominate two cosmonauts for approval by NASA as candidates for the STS-60 Space Shuttle mission. In accordance with Article IV, one of the two cosmonauts will be designated the primary Russian-sponsored crewmember, with the other being designated as a backup crewmember. Both crewmembers will receive Mission Specialist Astronaut training, until the time that the STS-60 crew begins dedicated mission training. From that point, the backup crewmember will receive as much training as practical. The two cosmonauts will be scheduled for arrival at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in October, 1992. Their names, experience and personal history will be provided to NASA by the RSA prior to the initiation of training. An experienced NASA astronaut will fly on the Mir Space Station as an integral long-duration crewmember (e.g., longer than 90 days) participating as an integral member of the crew in a variety of operations and experiments. The timing of this flight will be consistent with a Shuttle docking flight in 1994 or 1995. The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz transportation system. Special emphasis will be placed on science, particularly life science, as well as engineering and operational objectives. Astronaut and cosmonaut participation before, during and after the long duration flight will be emphasized to accomplish all flight objectives.
Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] The movie opens with a virtualreality training exercise that simulates theterrifying NASA astronaut. Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko. cosmonaut - YA Gagarin http://online.tvguide.com/movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=43784
Extractions: @import "misc/drupal.css"; @import "themes/technewsblue/style.css"; Technology News Daily Internet Software Linux Computers/Servers ... CPU Home Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2005-07-28 06:59. Gregory Olsen, Ph.D. has been confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 crew which is currently planned for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Dr. Olsen will be joining the 12th Expedition Crew which will also include NASA astronaut William McArthur and cosmonaut Valery Tokarev. Dr. Olsen, chairman of the Board of Directors and co-founder of Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, N.J., commented, "I have been committed to this orbital mission ever since Space Adventures announced my candidacy last year. Since then, I have completed over 500 hours of cosmonaut training at Star City and am excited to finish my preparations. I also look forward to finalizing the components of my remote sensing and astronomy research projects that I plan to conduct while aboard the space station." Last year, several weeks into his training program, Dr. Olsen underwent a routine medical evaluation in which a health condition was detected that prohibited him from continuing his training. The condition has since been remedied, and, after a re-evaluation, Dr. Olsen received clearance on May 14, 2005 to resume his cosmonaut training. The back-up Soyuz TMA-7 crew for the mission includes Sergey Kostenko, Alexander Lazutkin and Jeff Williams.
Astronaut/Cosmonaut Homepage Welcome to the astronaut and cosmonaut Database! who completed a program ofastronaut, Yuhangyuan or cosmonaut training but didn t fly in outer space. http://pages.prodigy.net/pxkb94ars/Astro_Main.htm
Extractions: Welcome to my Personal Database of Astronauts, Yuhangyuan and Cosmonauts who have flown into space and people who completed a program of Astronaut, Yuhangyuan or Cosmonaut training but didn't fly in outer space. To limit the amount of work needed to create and maintain this database, I choose not to include Astronaut, Yuhangyuan or Cosmonaut candidates unless I duplicated an error from one of my source websites. FAI ) requires a flight to fly above 100 km to classified as a spaceflight. Joseph Walker was the only one of the twelve X-15 pilots to reach the altitude of 100 km and is the X-15 pilot to be considered an astronaut by the FAI. The twelve X-15 pilots and two X-15 pilot candidates are included in this database. They are asterisked with two X-15 flight totals: total X-15 flights flown and X-15 flights flown above 80 km. Information has been included on all 199 X-15 flights in the X-15 Flights section with one page dedicated the 13 X-15 flight that flew above 80 km. When the Manned Space Flight Chronology is added to this database, it will include information on all 199 X-15 flights.
Science Schools And Research Of GCTC The experience in cosmonaut training and manned space flights is a base for grounded system for cosmonaut and astronaut training and its vitality was http://www.gctc.ru/eng/direct/s_school_e.htm
Extractions: The Center established and has been keeping on developing of some science schools within the field of its primary activities. The most experienced and competent experts were in charge of establishing each of those schools. Science school Substantiating, elaborating and developing general methodology and cosmonaut training system. It was established in early 70-es. The experience in cosmonaut training and manned space flights is a base for that schoolÒs research. Analyzing and generalizing of that experience resulted in important organizing and training support for cosmonaut training including two base guidelines on cosmonaut training established in the eighties and nineties. The principal achievement of this school is establishing science grounded system for cosmonaut and astronaut training and its vitality was proved by the space flights. Science school Substantiating, elaborating and developing methodology for cosmonaut training using integrated and specialized simulators. It was established in 1961.
Extractions: . His family was displaced during World War II (1939-1945) and moved to the town of Gzhatsk in the northeastern part of Smolensk. In 1949 Gagarin began his higher education at a manufacturing trade school in Lyubertsy, a town outside of Moscow. In 1951 he trained as a metalworker at the industrial technical school in Saratov, which is southeast of Moscow. While he was in Saratov, he joined a flying club and learned to fly airplanes. His instructor recommended him to the air force, and Gagarin began attending the Soviet Air Force cadet training school at Chkalov (now Orenburg) in Russia in 1955. He graduated from the academy with high distinction in 1957, shortly after the launch of Sputnik 1. Gagarin applied for the six-week cosmonaut screening process in 1960 with just 230 hours of flying experience. He and 19 others were selected to become cosmonauts. Of these 20 men, 12 eventually completed space flights. Gagarin and fellow cosmonaut Gherman Titov, front-runners in their class, were both contenders for the Vostok 1 flight.
Space DTP 2004 I found this really interesting especially with the different training approachesthat each astronaut and cosmonaut had undertaken. http://www.uk.seds.org/activity/russia/2004a.html
Extractions: Well what can I say about the Russian trip apart from it was an amazing experience and this report will in no way do it justice. Not only the range of activities that we all undertook, but the wonderful hospitality of the Russian participates. I suggest anyone who has an interest in Space Exploration and technology and is reading this report to go and experience it first hand for yourself. To give you some background, every year (this time in June) the Space Development Theory and Practice Workshop is held in Korolev, Moscow. This event is run by the Youth Space Centre of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. It gives an invaluable insight into Russia's space programme both in the past and the many possible future aspirations within the national and international space community. It all begins at Heathrow airport where the UK members meet and depart for Moscow. At 11.00am; we board our Aeroflot plane for the three and half hour trip to Moscow. Once landed, we are met by some of the Russian students and all make our way to Korolev on the outskirts of Moscow, this is to be our base for the next 10 days. The first full day in Moscow was spent doing the tourist trail. We visited features such as the Red Square, Kremlin, and Alexander's garden to name a few. My first impression was how everything looked so impressive, it's just simply beautiful.
Extractions: Web posted at: 10:40 a.m. EST From Correspondent John Holliman (CNN) Training for her 142-day stay aboard Russia's Mir space station took astronaut Shannon Lucid to a weightlessness- simulating airplane and to the Russian cosmonaut training center for months at a time. The 53-year-old biochemist has learned as much as any American about the Russian space station. And as she prepared to set up housekeeping there, her big worry was language. "That has been the all-consuming (task), what has taken up all our time," she said. "I don't think anybody has a concept of how difficult that is." Since all Mir's control panels are in Russian, knowing the language when an alarm sounds will be important to her. But perhaps even more important as she prepares to live on Russian-prepared food with cosmonauts who speak almost no English will be isolation from her family and from her culture. "I told my family on pain of dire consequences that every night I expect them to send an E-mail message," she said. ( 170K AIFF sound or 170K WAV sound Besides getting daily E-mail from her husband and three grown children, Lucid will have regular news updates. She watched CNN International while training in Russia, and has made arrangements to watch CNNI broadcasts live on a regular basis. (
Extractions: In the beginning. A type of Russian space capsule known as Vostok carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, from Earth to orbit in 1961. Later, an improved Vostok called Voskhod carried humans to orbit. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union was developing a new capsule for manned Moon flight. It was called Soyuz, which means Union in Russian. An unmanned Soyuz capsule blasted off on a test flight in 1966. Then the first manned Soyuz capsule flight carried a human to space in April 1967. That capsule, referred to as Soyuz-1, was supposed to rendezvous with an unmanned capsule called Soyuz-2. Unfortunately, problems inside Soyuz-1 caused the USSR to cancel Soyuz-2. Then, during re-entry, its landing parachute failed and Soyuz-1 crashed into the ground. That killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, setting back the Russian lunar program.
Sega Trained as astronaut. Profession Mission Specialist. Sex Male. supportastronaut and cosmonaut mission and science training for flight on the Russian http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/astros/sega.htm
Extractions: This page no longer updated from 31 October 2001. Latest version can be found at www.astronautix.com astronautix.com Sega Dr Ronald Michael (Ron) Sega Status : Inactive. Trained as : Astronaut. Profession : Mission Specialist. Sex : Male. Marital Status : Married. Birth Date : 04 December 1952. Birth City : Cleveland. Birth State : Ohio. Birth Country : USA. Nationality : American. Degree : PhD. Group : 1990 NASA Group. Date Selected : 17 January 1990. Departed Number of Flights Total Time : 17.52 days. NASA Official Biography NAME: Ronald M. Sega (Ph.D.) NASA Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born December 4, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio. EDUCATION: Graduated from Nordonia High School, Macedonia, Ohio, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics and Physics from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974, a master of science degree in Physics from Ohio State in 1975, and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from University of Colorado in 1982. ORGANIZATIONS: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Associate Fellow (1992), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Physical Society (APS), Institute for the Advancement of Engineering - Fellow (1992), Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Air Force Reserve Officer Association, Association of Space Explorers, and Eta Kappa Nu. SPECIAL HONORS: Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, 1974. Top Graduate of the Pilot Instructor Training Course, 1976. Officer of the Year in the Department of Physics, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1980. Recipient of Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Commendation Medal, and Reserve Achievement Medal. Air Force Research Fellow - Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1985. Received the Outstanding Faculty Award - Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado, 1985. Selected to the Academic Hall of Fame of his high school in Macedonia, Ohio, 1988. Reserve Officer of the Year (IMA), Air Force Space Command, 1988; Reserve Officer of the Year (IMA), U.S. Air Force, 1988. Received an honorary doctorate from Clarkson University, 1993. Recipient of the NASA Space Flight Medal, 1994 and 1996. Superior Achievement Award (NASA Director of Operations, Russia), 1995.
Rusadventures - Star City, Russia: Russian Space Tour (Moscow) Finally you will drive around the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training Center premises by astronaut training Space Simulators Tour astronaut training Space http://www.rusadventures.com/tour13.shtml?tour=13
Cosmonaut Bio: Valeri Grigorievich Korzun Gagarin cosmonaut training Center, coordinated all facets of cosmonaut training . The ExpeditionFive crew (one American astronaut and two Russian http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/treschev.html
Extractions: COSMONAUT OF THE RSC ENERGIA PERSONAL DATA: Born 18 August, 1958 in Volynsky District, Lipetsk Region (Russia). Married to Elvira Victorovna Trescheva. They have two sons, Dmitry and Alexy. His father is Yevgeny Georgievich Treschev, and his mother is Nina Davydovna Trescheva. His hobbies include soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, hiking, tennis, music, photography, and video. EDUCATION: 1982 Graduated of the Moscow Energy Institute. EXPERIENCE: From 1982 to 1984, Treschev served as a group leader in an Air Force regiment. He worked as a foreman and as an engineer at the RSC ENERGIA from 1984 to 1986. His responsibilities included the analysis and planning of cosmonaut activities aboard the Orbital Station and their inflight technical training. He also developed technical documentation and, together with the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, coordinated all facets of cosmonaut training. His duties also included crew support and training for descent and emergency escape scenarios aboard the MIR Orbital Station. He also participated as a test operator during tests of the ground-based complex (transport vehicle/
Cosmonaut Bio: Valery Grigorievich Korzun In December 1987 he began cosmonaut training and was certified as a Testcosmonaut in The Expedition-Five crew (one American astronaut and two Russian http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/korzun.html
Extractions: COSMONAUT OF YU.A. GAGARIN COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER PERSONAL DATA: Born March 5, 1953, in Krasny Sulin. Korzun and his wife Elana have one son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori Andreevich, and his mother, Korzun Maria Arsentievna. EDUCATION: 1974 graduate of the Kachin Military Aviation College; Commander Department of the Gagarin Air Force Academy, 1987. SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded six Air Force Medals. EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the Military College in 1974, he served as pilot, senior pilot, flight section leader, and ultimately Commander of a Russian Air Force squadron. In 1987, after a successful tour as Commander of the Gagarin Military Air-Force Academy, he was selected as a cosmonaut for training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In December 1987 he began Cosmonaut training and was certified as a Test-Cosmonaut in June 1989. MIR " from March 1994 to June 1995.
