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Life as an astronaut

New Scientist, 2020
Who hasn't dreamed of exploring space? Books by two international Space Station crew members reveal the reality of astronaut life.
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An Rx for Astronauts

Science, 2002
BOSTON-- Next month 43-year-old neuroscientist Jeffrey Sutton takes over as the first onsite director of the fledgling National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in Houston. NSBRI is a consortium of U.S. universities and medical centers funded by NASA to carry out research on human space exploration.
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The King and the Astronaut

Arms & Armour, 2013
The Foot Combat Armour of Henry VIII is one of the treasures of the Royal Armouries collection. It is one of a very few armours designed to protect every part of the body, and this article shows how the king’s armourers arranged this while still allowing the wearer freedom of movement.
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The ‘almost’ astronauts

2017
Those fifteen words aptly sum up the disappointment of failing to achieve a long-held ambition. Yet, perhaps with hindsight, there can be some satisfaction in at least trying to attain that goal rather than not even attempting to reach it. It is a lesson that can be applied in many fields of human endeavor, and as words of wisdom to younger generations.
David J. Shayler, Colin Burgess
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Astronautics and the Future

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1958
A few years ago, space flight was only a gleam in the eyes of a few rocket enthusiasts; and now Mr. Edson, who is Assistant to the Director of Research and Development of the Department of the Army, feels secure enough to extrapolate the schedule of man's travel to the moon and the planets over the next few decades.
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Initiation in Astronautics

1970
From the summary description we have given above of Keplerian orbits we can see, first of all, that it is practically impossible to put a device in a satellite orbit directly from the ground; in Keplerian mechanics the only possibility would be a horizontal launch; obviously the topography and the atmosphere raise insurmountable difficulties, and such ...
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Studies in Astronautics

Nature, 1962
Vistas in Astronautics—1960 Vol. 3: Proceedings of the Third AFOSR Astronautic Symposium, jointly sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., October 1960. Edited by Dr. E. R. Van Driest, Emanuel Haynes, Lt.-Col. C. W. Craven, C. W. Guy, W. W. Withee and N. D. Sanders. Pp. vi + 266. (New York:
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A replacement astronaut

2016
1960 was a monumentally busy and incredibly productive year for America’s dynamic new civilian space agency, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), which had been formally established just two years earlier. But the agency faced an uncertain future. With an election looming later that year, incumbent president Dwight D.
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Automaton or astronaut?

Acta Astronautica, 1974
Abstract The author confronts the question of whether lunar and planetary exploration and research should be carried out by men or by automatically operated equipment. Soviet and American accomplishments made with automatic devices in the various space programs are reviewed.
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Astronautics

Understanding Gaia, 2019
G. Bernardi, A. Vecchiato
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