Space Exploration Project

Space exploration. Discoveries. Van allen radiation belt. Exoplanets. Moons/natural satellites in the solar system. Astronauts and facilities. Astronaut training (in general). Space agencies and their missions. Space equipment. Space stations. Space suits. Spacecraft. Thank you for attention.

Then: Gamma Cephei Ab was confirmed to be in orbit around Gamma Cephei A in 2002, but was first suspected to exist around 1988 (making this planet arguably the first true exoplanet discovered). 51 Pegasi b was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star.

Now: in July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets, as a consequence, gamma Cephei Ab was renamed to tadmor. Some of the Very Recent discoveries (of 2020) include Gliese 3470, the first exoplanet candidate fully discovered by amateur astronomers, KOI-456.04, a planet in the habitable zone of Kepler-160 a and WASP-189b, a ultra-Hot Jupiter.  Studying the exoplanet systems help us to understand the properties of the habitable zone and the formation of galaxies.

Now: Recent discoveries (2019) include moons and smaller objects of saturn and jupiter‘s moons (2016).

Then: It was further stipulated that candidates should be between 25 and 40 years old, no taller than 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), and hold a college degree in a STEM subject. The training included the simulation of the g-force profiles of launch and reentry. Communication and flight procedures were practiced in flight simulators, first together with a single person assisting them and later with the Mission Control Center.