In April, Hungarian astronaut candidates took half in a ten-day skilled journey to the US in Houston after which in Philadelphia, the HUNOR – Hungarian Astronaut Program introduced on its Fb web page on Monday.
The purpose of the go to was to get first-hand skilled info and perception into the each day work of establishments and professionals working within the citadel of area journey, in addition to to pay attention to non-public encounters, experiences, and tales from astronauts who’ve already traveled to area.
Picture: Fb/HUNOR – Magyar Űrhajós Program
At NASA headquarters in Houston, candidates got a tour by one of many group’s improvement consultants. Past the Customer Heart, additionally they visited the Mockup Facility, a real-life reproduction of the Worldwide House Station the place skilled astronauts are skilled. In addition they received a better take a look at the tools used to coach astronauts, fashionable area fashions, the historical past of American area actions, and the outcomes of worldwide cooperation in area exploration.
They acquired complete theoretical and sensible coaching from Axiom House specialists, but additionally needed to carry out numerous aptitude checks and coaching workouts, with a powerful emphasis on group dynamics. Throughout this time, the corporate’s area consultants and psychologists always examined their reactions and communication abilities. Candidates additionally had the chance to expertise working in area via digital actuality and to observe reside experiments on the Worldwide House Station.
Picture: Fb/HUNOR – Magyar Űrhajós Program
In Philadelphia, on the Nationwide Aerospace Coaching and Analysis (NASTAR) Heart, they efficiently accomplished a centrifuge coaching simulating the extra chest-back hundreds encountered throughout spaceflight.
The candidates needed to endure a 6G publicity in the course of the 45-minute coaching, throughout which era the whole course of from launch to re-entry was simulated. Throughout the simulation, the candidates’ area physician monitored their well being standing through voice and video hyperlink and monitored their physiological parameters, together with pulse, respiration charge, and ECG information.
Through MTI, Featured picture: Fb/HUNOR – Magyar Űrhajós Program
