astronauts

Eleven-year-old Kacy Holiday's idea about sending a houseplant on a shuttle mission into outer space has astronomical consequences.

Learn about how people travel into space, what life is like for astronauts in space, and discoveries astronauts have made.

Photos and simple text describe the activities of astronauts aboard the space shuttle.

An introduction to Roberta Bondar, the first woman from Canada to travel in space, discussing her astronaut training, her experiences as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle "Discovery" in 1992, and her return to medical research after leaving the Canadian Space Agency.

Describes various craft in space such as a spaceship and space station and discusses activities of astronauts as they prepared for and travel in space.

Examines the life and career of astronaut Ellen Ochoa.

Traces the history of manned space flights from Mercury to the Shuttle program, examines the medical effects of weightlessness on astronauts, the difficulties of eating, working, sleeping, and cleaning oneself on board, and future plans for a space station.

A biography of Neil Armstrong, whose childhood dreams of flying came true in 1969 when he became the first man to walk on the moon.

Looks at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, discussing his childhood in Ohio, his lifelong interest in flying, his military career as a pilot, and his history-making feat of being the first person to walk on the moon.

Looks at some of the many ways in which astronauts use math to walk and eat in space, exercise, land a spacecraft, and perform other industry-related tasks.