Essays on Astronauts

Few years back the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as well as other programs such as Mars one and space x, started a space exploration crusade with a purpose to expand the presence of humankind further into the solar system and specifically on Mars....

Doping is the administration of drugs to athletes to inhibit or boost athletic performance. Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), otherwise known as banned substances, are illegally ingested/injected into athlete’s systems to provide them with an unfair advantage in their respective sport. While these drugs are banned from...

Never before in the history of humankind has it been possible to explore other planets and in the not so distant future it may become a reality. Advances in technology in the 1960s resulted in the first visit to the moon and these advances responsible...

Floating in an endless place, no gravity, revealing the unsolved mysteries in it, discovering new places never seen before, that’s what it feels like when being an astronaut. However, being an astronaut could be really dangerous and risky or it might actually save the world,...

Traveling into outer space and seeing the earth from an entirely different perspective sounds so exciting. However, once they leave the earth’s magnetic field, astronauts are exposed to radiation from the sun and other galaxies. This radiation is a made up of high-energy particles, high-energy...

Bone loss is one of the known risks of exposure to reduced gravity a risk that increases with the length of stay in that environment. Bone loss, which can increase the risk of fracture by weakening the skeleton, is an established medical risk in long-duration...

One thing I learned from the Apollo 11 exhibit in the library was mostly about their astronaut suits. There are many layers in each part of the suit starting from the hands all the way down to the boots. I found it very interesting that...