Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations,National Research Council

Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 November 2011
Pages
104
ISBN
9780309218696

Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations,National Research Council

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) retires the Space Shuttle and shifts involvement in International Space Station (ISS) operations, changes in the role and requirements of NASA’s Astronaut Corps will take place. At the request of NASA, the National Research Council (NRC) addressed three main questions about these changes: what should be the role and size of Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD); what will be the requirements of astronaut training facilities; and is the Astronaut Corps’ fleet of training aircraft a cost-effective means of preparing astronauts for NASA’s spaceflight program? This report presents an assessment of several issues driven by these questions. This report does not address explicitly the future of human spaceflight.

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