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... space was a learning experience for me. If you relax and absorb your surroundings and everything going on around you, every minute of time while you're in space will be a learning experience. Probably, the one thing you'll learn the most about is yourself and your ability to adapt to circumstances and experiences that are impossible to replicate on ...

This great adventure would be one big experience full of fun and learning. There is nothing that could separate the fun from the learning. It will be the grandest and most important opportunity in your ... one minute in achieving the objective of the mission. So leisure time is a part of the planned schedule and it would be for your mission, too. ---- Answer provided by Pam Leestma Image ...

... mentally and physically. While the space is cramped, you're not really uncomfortable in the traditional sense as you're free of Earth's gravity. It's hard to describe, but the best I can do is to say that you get a sense of total relaxation. Floating in a waveless pool would be the ...

... the closest to the Sun. The average temperature on the surface of Mercury is 354° F but it can range from as hot as 800° F to as cold as –298° F. However, Venus is the hottest planet, reaching 930°F. ---- Answer ...

... gravitationally- collapsed star while the big bang theory offers a descriptive solution to the actual creation of space-time in our Universe. So these are ... named for physicist David Wilkinson— was launched by NASA on June 30, 2001. It has taken a whole-sky picture and discovered radiation remnants only 380,000 years after the big ... the size of our observable Universe at a distance of 13.7 billion light years. New evidence also shows that the expansion of the Universe is continuing and even accelerating. ---- Answer provided ...

... in the visible yellow green range, which is also the light our eyes are most sensitive to ---- Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski Image: ...

Scientists need to carefully select the location for a Martian settlement to ensure resources, such as water and power, are available. Astronauts also need protection against radiation. Since Mars was once volcanically active, underground lava tubes might provide a safe habitat. Beyond the dangers of the Martian environment, daily life on Mars would not ...

... , which is usually used to control the throttle in fighter aircraft. Rudder pedals are used on the orbiter when it enters the atmosphere. All this is hard to learn, but some people have a natural aptitude for it, and others can learn with a lot of practice. ---- Answer provided by ...

It is all a matter of your attitude. All astronauts look forward to being in space as often as they can even though it may mean spending ... Space Station and on the Space Shuttle, astronauts are part of the experiment. They are enabling us to see how well humans can adapt to ... space that no one else has done before so that we can learn more about living in space. In their off-hours, the Space Shuttle ...

Yes, it is possible to have an aquarium in micro-gravity. Aquariums have been carried aboard the Space Shuttle, but only for scientific experiments. These highly sophisticated aquariums help us study whether fish ... . The Japanese Medaka Fish taken to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a student experiment swam upside down, as they could not sense the way gravity was acting in order ...

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