Adventure In Space Key words (such as astronauts, space shuttle, NASA, biography, careers, specific biographies in each field, nonfiction books describing jobs, http://www.maslibraries.org/infolit/samplers/spring/adsp.html
Extractions: Hyperion Books for Children. 1995 Prepared by Nancy Grant, Information Librarian - SAD #41 SUMMARY : Seven members of the crew STS-61 work to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. With beautiful color photos and clear descriptions, this book covers the process followed in solving the large-scale space repair problem. Included are: the scientists' search for repair solutions; interviews with the six men and one woman astronaut; the various types of practice repair sessions on earth; details of the trip out into space; and how new problems were solved during the actual repair work. THEME: Problem-solving AGES: SAMPLE RESEARCH PROJECT Following is a model for using Maine Student Book Award books to launch the research projects. From the book: "Flying in space and writing books are similar ventures" (page 4). Compare the steps an author takes with the steps an astronaut takes. Note the similarities. Develop a means to defend your agreement and your disagreement with this statement. Steps students might take to accomplish this project:
The Whitaker Foundation: A Career In Biomedical Engineering such as astronauts in space or underwater divers at great depth. When workingin a specific area of biomedicine, it is also necessary to know how http://www.whitaker.org/glance/acareer.html
Extractions: Examples of work done by biomedical engineers include: designing and constructing cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, artificial kidneys, blood oxygenators, hearts, blood vessels, joints, arms, and legs. designing computer systems to monitor patients during surgery or in intensive care, or to monitor healthy persons in unusual environments, such as astronauts in space or underwater divers at great depth. designing and building sensors to measure blood chemistry, such as potassium, sodium, 02, CO2, and pH. designing instruments and devices for therapeutic uses, such as a laser system for eye surgery or a device for automated delivery of insulin. developing strategies for clinical decision making based on expert systems and artificial intelligence, such as a computer-based system for selecting seat cushions for paralyzed patients or for, managing the care of patients with severe burns or for diagnosing diseases. designing clinical laboratories and other units within the hospital and health care delivery system that utilize advanced technology. Examples would be a computerized analyzer for blood samples, ambulances for use in rural areas, or a cardiac catheterization laboratory.
News Of October 1998 Additonal information is available in specific pages on the ARD and in the Since June, five astronauts from existing national astronaut programmes have http://www.estec.esa.nl/spaceflight/oct98.htm
Hot Topics Space Shuttle Discoverys seven astronauts entered the International Space Mars rover engineers are using a testing laboratory to simulate specific Mars http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/
Extractions: USGS Astrogeology Research Program scientists and technical experts will be giving numerous talks on local and planetary science and leading a field trip to explore the San Francisco Volcanic Field! Join us at Science in the Park and meet Astrogeologists and our fellow USGS earth scientists, where we'll have hands-on demos and displays!
"The Great Out Of The Small," ME Feature Article, Nov. 2000 In the future, a third category of bioaerospace products and fully biological The ability to place in the body of the astronauts nanoscale probes and http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/nov00/features/thegreat/thegreat.html
Extractions: I t is often where disparate fields intersect that unexpected and useful insights into nature and engineering arise. And so it might be with the impact of biology on future aerospace systems. A wealth of technological breakthroughs is likely to come from mimicking the interactions of biological systems and their response to the environment. The next decades will witness thinking, learning, evolvable aerospace systems. It will also see systems-on-a-chip, in which miniaturization allows all electronic systems of an aerospace vehicle (computer, memory, guidance, navigation, communications, power, and sensors) to fit on a tiny chip. Such aerospace systems cannot be realized with present technologies. An artist's conception of an evolvable rover, adaptable to a variety of terrain and environments, exploring the surface of Mars. The development and deployment of these systems will lead to a new era of aviation systems, space transportation, and exploration. Safer, less costly, and more accessible air transportation will become available. Two orders of magnitude reduction in cost and four orders of magnitude increase in reliability will be achieved for Earth-to-orbit transportation. Rapid human and robotic transportation to the planets and nearby celestial bodies, and possibly, outside the solar system could be realized.
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Congressman Robert Menendez The plasma rocket engines and the variable specific impulse magnetic According to Dr. ChangDiaz, âThe plasma rocket will allow astronauts to reach http://menendez.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=264&ParentID=22&SectionID=24&Secti
News From The USIA Washington File Other witnesses today will discuss the specific issue of Mir safety, Complete the planned ShuttleMir dockings, but do not leave astronauts on Mir. http://www.fas.org/news/russia/1997/97091709_wpo.html
Content Providers N Presentations are geared to the specific grade level of the requesting teacher . Two astronauts in space working on a solar panel of a satellite. http://www.nassauboces.org/dln/videoconferencing/programguide/contentn.htm
LSS Newsletter Extension Of Remarks The best books of this genre speak both to the specific and the general. David Canon, Actors, Athletes, and astronauts (Chicago University of Chicago http://www.apsanet.org/~lss/Newsletter/jan00/west.html
Extractions: Darrell M. West, Brown University Biography has become a lost art among political scientists. In previous eras, there were series of fine scholarly biographies mainly about presidents. For example, Alexander George wrote a probing psychological account of the relationship between Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House. Fred Greenstein has won acclaim for an innovative interpretation of Dwight Eisenhower's leadership. Charles Jones penned a fine revisionist account of Jimmy Carter. Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote an insightful study of Lyndon Johnson's life. The contrast with contemporary political science today could not be more stark. Our field largely has ceded presidential biography to journalists and historians, and with the exception of a few academics and the series of Senate books written by Richard Fenno, legislative biography has virtually ceased to exist at all. It is felt in the field as a whole that biographies contribute little to scholarship and that time is better spent researching more important topics. From my standpoint, as someone who has written on a range of academic topics, that conclusion represents a serious loss for political science. In a discipline that changes rapidly, biographies offer the potential for new insight into leadership, political strategies, policymaking, and political dynamics that can contribute to theory-building and hypothesis-testing.
The Matrix MEME 3.04 There is no commitment to sending astronauts to Mars on any schedule. What Iam saying to you is, We really need to understand biomedicine and http://memex.org/meme3-04.html
Extractions: David Bennahum: Thanks for taking the time to speak with me today Mr. Goldin Dan Goldin: I got it. A lot of the questions you are asking are going to get answered on the International Space Station . And Mir . Just to digress for a moment, we have learned a tremendous amount from Mir, and one of the things that is very clear is that we better do a better job on the psychological health of the astronauts. So the stresses that build up on Tsybleyev you know when he got those heart palpitations and soon thereafter one of the things we have done is we have said 'we better do a much more comprehensive job in this area.' So some of the questions you are asking I think are fabulous questions maybe a little premature to be able to answer them, but we are looking at those things, and the only place you are really going to find these out is in real research. I don't know whether you saw those chamber tests we have down there at Johnson [Space Center], where we are putting young people in these chambers for ever increasing time periods?
NASA - Exploration Systems - By March 2002, NASA and Hayman jointly announced the modified bioKES under NASA specifies that on the space shuttle, astronauts drinking water must http://exploration.nasa.gov/articles/homeplanet.html
Extractions: October 2003 : For decades, one of NASA's missions has been to keep astronauts healthy in space, where there are no alternate sources for air, water, or food should a craft's supply become contaminated. Control over an enclosed environment takes on increasing importance as humans prepare to explore beyond low Earth orbit, moving farther away from potential sources of aid on Earth. Moreover, NASA now shares a responsibility (along with other federal agencies) to contribute to this nation's homeland security as part of its greater mission to understand and protect the planet. In a troubled world that now includes threats of biohazards and bioterror, NASA's long experience in monitoring air, water, and food also may play a significant role in helping to protect the home planet, whether from natural diseases or the deliberate acts of individuals or groups. Above : This miniature closed-system greenhouse used for growing green plants in microgravity, designed by Principal Investigator Weijia Zhou and his colleagues at the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics, is equipped with a "scrubber" to remove ethylene (a natural gas byproduct emitted by plants) from the chamber's atmosphere. (Seedlings inside the chamber are bathed in the pink glow of grow lights; the two large white circles are openings to gloves that allow astronauts access to the plants.)
NASA - Exploration Systems - For longduration missions during which astronauts would need to recycle air When a first test of an unmodified bio-KES killed 83 percent of Bacillus http://exploration.nasa.gov/articles/homeplanet_lite.html
Extractions: Technologies developed by NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research to keep air, water, and food safe for astronauts in space can also help protect people on Earth from bioterrorism. October 2003 : For decades, one of NASA's missions has been to keep astronauts healthy in space, where there are no alternate sources for air, water, or food should a craft's supply become contaminated. Control over an enclosed environment takes on increasing importance as humans prepare to explore beyond low Earth orbit, moving farther away from potential sources of aid on Earth. Moreover, NASA now shares a responsibility (along with other federal agencies) to contribute to this nation's homeland security as part of its greater mission to understand and protect the planet. In a troubled world that now includes threats of biohazards and bioterror, NASA's long experience in monitoring air, water, and food also may play a significant role in helping to protect the home planet, whether from natural diseases or the deliberate acts of individuals or groups. Above This miniature closed-system greenhouse used for growing green plants in microgravity, designed by Principal Investigator Weijia Zhou and his colleagues at the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics, is equipped with a "scrubber" to remove ethylene (a natural gas byproduct emitted by plants) from the chamber's atmosphere. (Seedlings inside the chamber are bathed in the pink glow of grow lights; the two large white circles are openings to gloves that allow astronauts access to the plants.) Credit: Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics, University of Wisconsin.
Biographical Information Links to biography megasites as well as specific categories such as women, Links to astronauts starting with astronauts on active duty in 1995. http://www.roxburylibrary.org/CS-biographies.htm
NASA Apollo Mission Apollo-1 Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini The report presented the results of the investigation and made specific http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/
Extractions: Look below for Mary C. Zornio's more detailed biographies. On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission. Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions; Lt. Col. Edward H. White, the astronaut who had performed the first United States extravehicular activity during the Gemini program; and Roger B. Chaffee, an astronaut preparing for his first space flight, died in this tragic accident. A seven-member board, under the direction of the NASA Langley Research Center Director, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson, conducted a comprehensive investigation to pinpoint the cause of the fire. The final report , completed in April 1967 was subsequently submitted to the NASA Administrator. The report presented the results of the investigation and made specific recommendations that led to major design and engineering modifications, and revisions to test planning, test discipline, manufacturing processes and procedures, and quality control. With these changes, the overall safety of the command and service module and the lunar module was increased substantially. The AS-204 mission was redesignated Apollo I in honor of the crew.
Online NewsHour: Shannon Lucid Returns-- September 26, 1996 lucid VICTOR SCHNEIDER, NASA From both of these two astronauts, as well as ourother five and so the specific areas are bone, and so theres bone loss, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/lucid_9-26.html
Extractions: TRANSCRIPT NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after a record breaking 188 days in space. She had been conducting scientific research aboard Russia's Mir Space Station. A backgrounder is followed by a discussion with experts on the effect of long space flights on the human body. A RealAudio version of this NewsHour segment is available. Browse the Online NewsHour coverage of space and science OUTSIDE LINKS Shannon Lucid Biography ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Back on Earth, Lucid is now a gold mine of information for scientists trying to understand the effects of weightlessness in space. To discuss that, were joined by Dr. Victor Schneider, the NASA scientist overseeing research for the NASA "Mir" missions; astronaut Norm Thagard, Shannon Lucids predecessor on "Mir" and the first American to fly on the Russian spacecraft; and Dr. Nick Kanas, professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and assistant chief of psychiatry at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital. Hes the principal investigator of a NASA-funded study of the psychological and social effects of long-term space flight. Thank you all for being with us. And beginning with you, Dr. Schneider, what is important about these long space flights? What are you learning from Shannon Lucid and from Norm Thagard before her? VICTOR SCHNEIDER, NASA: From both of these two astronauts, as well as our other five astronauts that will be aboard the "Mir" station, were trying to find out what happens to their bodies and to protect other astronauts for the future when we either go into our international space station or, in fact, explore the universe.
:: NASA Quest > Archives :: Pilot astronauts serve as both Space Shuttle commanders and pilots. Female FamilyMember bioline Activity student activity icon http://quest.nasa.gov/space/frontiers/activities/collins/commander.html
Extractions: Steps to Shuttle Commander - Goal Setting Cmdr Collins ... Kit Steps to Cmdr Cmdr Duties Pilot astronauts serve as both Space Shuttle commanders and pilots. During flight, the commander has onboard responsibility for the vehicle, crew, mission success, and safety of flight. The pilot assists the commander in controlling and operating the vehicle and may assist in the deployment and retrieval of satellites using the remote manipulator system (RMS), referred to as the robot arm or mechanical arm. Selection and training NASA accepts applications for the Astronaut Candidate Program on a continuous basis. Candidates are selected as needed, normally every 2 years, for pilot category. Both civilian and military personnel are considered for the program. Civilians may apply at any time. Military personnnel must apply through their parent service and be nominated by their service to NASA. Astronaut candidates selection process was developed to select highly qualified individuals for human space programs.
NASA IS/HCC Task: Mobile Agents Apollo CapCom interaction with astronauts (limited by communications delay). Sékou S. Crawford (bioVest Lead), Stanford Dept. of Mechanical Engineering http://is.arc.nasa.gov/HCC/tasks/MblAgt.html
Extractions: Communicating intelligent software agents in backpacks, rovers, and other mobile platforms can greatly enhance planetary extravehicular activity (EVA). This research task will develop a distributed architecture for simulation and coordination of human-robotic EVA teams, including model-based control of life support, communications, and spoken-language interfaces to rovers. The system will integrate crew, robots, software agents, and remote operations and science teams into coherent work systems, amplifying human capability. Field data and work practice analysis from the Haughton-Mars Project will guide development. This research task supports advanced human/robotic teamwork and mobile surface systems for planetary exploration. It will integrate several intelligent systems technologies to support astronauts during planetary EVAs on Mars or the Moon, including life support, communications control, and spoken-language and visual interfaces to rovers and other intelligent agents. A single system will be developed for both simulation and real-time field support. Component technologies will include the Brahms agent-based tool set, RIALIST spoken-dialogue system, and MEX wireless communication system. Field data and work practice analysis from the Exploration Robotic Assistant (ERA) team at JSC and the Haughton-Mars Project will guide development. Other collaborators include the ScienceOrganizer team from Ames, the Mars Society, the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of the Open University and the Intelligence, Agents, and Multimedia group (IAM) of the University of Southampton.
Astronauts (Henry Spencer; Jim Scotti; Mary Shafer) Now, astronauts are busy people, and don t have time to do everything that folkswould Flightspecific work would be handled by payload specialists, http://yarchive.net/space/politics/astronauts.html
Extractions: Welcome to the astronaut biographies home page, providing biographical information on the members of the space flight crews and candidates for future missions in NASA's space flight program. The links above will direct you to biographical information on the astronauts. The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. The term "cosmonaut" refers to those space sailors who are members of the Russian space program. The crew of each launched spacecraft is made up of astronauts or cosmonauts drawn from the various categories described in these pages. The crew assignments and duties of commander, pilot, Space Shuttle mission specialist, or International Space Station flight engineer are drawn from the NASA professional career astronauts. A special category of astronauts typically titled "payload specialist" refers to individuals selected and trained by commercial or research organizations for flights of a specific payload on a space flight mission. At the present time, these payload specialists may be cosmonauts or astronauts designated by the international partners, individuals selected by the research community, or a company or consortia flying a commercial payload aboard the spacecraft.
