ASTRONAUT by Luíz Alencar

Julio Costa Number: 19 , Luiz Alencar Number: 24 Roberta Number: 35 , Yuri Number: 43. 3-B

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:36:01 UTC

WHAT IS IT ?

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:39:37 UTC

Astronaut is the professional piloting spaceships, ups and downs, rockets. They are also passengers or crew members who develop activities in outer space, ie the space above 100 km altitude. The term was consecrated during the space race for the conquest of the moon in the 1960s, US-Soviet Union.

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS NECESSARY?

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:42:54 UTC

To be an astronaut is necessary that the professional has high levels of dedication and patience. One must keep in mind that teamwork is essential and enables the creation of highly integrated crews to handle an operational environment, demanding and insulation. In addition, other interesting features are: integrity balanced competitiveness initiative and perseverance willingness to travel good emotional control ability to work in teams ability to work under skill pressure to take skill immediate decisions to face physical danger and react well in emergency situations ability to endure physical discomfort and / or mental ability to work effectively in fast changing environments adaptability

WHAT IS THE NEED TRAINING?

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:46:37 UTC

To be an astronaut the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) requires the candidate to have between 25 and 45 years to join the selection process, have higher undergraduate degree or graduate degree in Engineering, Exact Sciences, Biological Sciences, the health or the Earth, issued by a civil institution duly recognized by the MEC or military academies Officers Training. Also, have at least three years of professional experience in one of these areas after completion of graduation. It is also important to have practical experience in research, speak and write in English and astronaut candidate must be approved in space NASA medical examination Class II, held at the Johnson Space Center in Houston (Texas). Diving courses, riding, skydiving and other activities related to the profession counted towards the selection.

AREAS AND SPECIALTIES

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:48:07 UTC

The area of operation of an astronaut is the operation of equipment and space vehicles. In day-to-day 70% of the time are geared to technical and administrative work programs and space projects and 30% for specific training for space activities. The initial and final stage (the last year before the mission) these percentages are reversed (more training). During the mission care and operate all systems in order to meet a long list of daily tasks in space.

JOB MARKET

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:50:44 UTC

Worldwide, the space research is quite encouraged because of the huge market that is in terms of scientific, industrial production and export of high technology. In Brazil, a new selection of astronauts is only dependent on the desire of the population actually support and request the political sector sufficient resources to carry on Brazil's flag into space, thus facilitating the progress of the project.

CURIOSITIES

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:52:22 UTC

The first cosmonaut of the history of space exploration was Yuri Gagarin who in April 1961 had an orbital flight aboard the ship Soviet Vostok. Flight which caused a reaction from the United States, the space race and the arrival of man on the moon. Today, the number of people who had the privilege to go to space amounts to a little over 400. The advancement of space tourism, however, has opened new horizons for access to the cosmos. The first Brazilian astronaut went into space in 2006 through the "Centenary Mission". Lt. Col. Marcos Pontes, 43, departed the ISS (short for International Space Station) to board the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-8, which took off from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan. The participation of Brazil in the flight originated when Brazil joined the fifteen nations group involved in the International Space Station project. This happened in 1997 and the following year, Bridges was selected by AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) and NASA (North American Space Agency) to represent his country in space.

How to get a job in space

luiz_alencarnobre — 2015-09-23 23:58:59 UTC