Astronaut in space. The gateway to astronaut photography of earth iss034 e 060718. 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. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers the terms are sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space including scientists politicians journalists and tourists. The term astronaut has been maintained as the title for those selected to join the nasa corps of astronauts who make space sailing their career profession.
How many people are in space right now. Photo source image science and analysis laboratory nasa johnson space center. The strangest encounters in space nasas unexplained files full episode duration. Download the new ios app.
Notifications photos and videos from space astronaut profiles and more. An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command pilot or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.