Concept in Definition ABC

A astronaut is he crew member of a spaceship, the vehicle specially prepared for trips into space, that is, through the term, astronaut, we can designate any personnel who are part of a space object, its crew and even that individual who is on the Moon.

Crew member of a spaceship and who as such travels to space on various expeditions

Meanwhile, the Soviets and the Chinese have two own terms conceived in their language to designate who performs the work of astronaut, whose translations would be cosmonauts in the case of the Soviets and taikonaut for the Chinese.

Requirements to deploy the profession

While there are no exclusive requirements for someone to become an astronaut, that is, any individual who wishes to do so and who meets satisfactorily with the studies will be able to do it, it will be essential to have certain questions so that the work is carried out successfully, among they stand out: specialized knowledge, physical fitness, and mental stability.

It should be noted that the exercise of the profession of astronaut can lead to important physical complications and psychic, that is why it is necessary for the astronaut to have a good base in this regard, as recently we mentioned.

It is common for the astronaut to suffer, among other disorders, after a time in space: problems falling asleep, weakening of the immune system, muscle atrophies, bone erosion, risk of developing some type of cancer, dizziness, nausea and vomiting

Another additional question is usually the weaknessemotionalexperienced by astronauts, especially during the first days of the mission, as a consequence of the isolation from loved ones and of course from their habitat. To alleviate this frequent state, most space programs are making entertainment material available to astronauts, such as films, records and forms of contact with loved ones such as videoconferences with family members and special psychological support from sessions with a psychologist.

The great milestones of space history

The first individual who launched into space and is therefore considered the first astronaut in world history is the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who launched into the cosmos on April 12, 1961 aboard the ship Vostok 1. Meanwhile, the first woman to go into space would do so shortly after Gagarin, June 16, 1963 and she would also be a Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova aboard the Vostok 6.

A paragraph apart deserves the arrival to the Moon by man, the satelite natural and most important of our planet earth, and of course, it would have a fantastic relevance in the field of space navigation, passing such fact to the history of the great events in this field. And of course it featured a spaceship and several astronauts ...

It has been 47 years since that historic day, July 20, 1969, when the ship baptized as Apollo XI touches the moon and with it her crew, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin.
But that would be the icing on the cake, the ultimate goal of a draft which had begun many years ago, in 1961, when then-President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, expressed his intention to generate a plan of his own that would end with American astronauts arriving at Moon.

Several years passed after that first mood, and the tragedy He would not allow JFK to see one of his plans fulfilled, but that day came and NASA worked hard to make the Apollo spacecraft XI that was propelled by the Saturn V rocket finally took off from the Kennedy Space Center in the state of Florida.

After complying with the procedures and the established protocol, the first to step on the moon was the astronaut Neil Armstrong; Those steps were followed by millions of people on television and there he pronounced the famous phrase that would pass to the posterity to mark this unforgettable moment: “this is a small step for man, but a great leap for humanity".

Once the first emotion ended up overwhelming the visitors, they began to carry out the missions of rigor such as taking photographs, filming with a camera television so that the moment could be seen by millions of people and they placed the flag of his homeland, which passed to posterity for being the first nation in flying his national flag on the moon's satellite.