What are the challenges of being an astronaut?

Every challenge astronauts will face on a flight to Mars

• The flight trajectory for Mars and corrective maneuvers.
• Spacecraft and fuel management.
• Radiation, microgravity, and astronaut health.
• Isolation and psychological issues.
• Communications (in transit and on Mars)
• The Mars approach and orbital insertion.

Do all astronauts have to speak Russian?

The official working language aboard the station is English. However, since the end of NASA’s Space Shuttle programme in 2011, Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft is the only way of travelling to the ISS. And since all its controls are in Russian, every astronaut must learn the language.

What are two reasons why it is important for all NASA astronauts to learn to properly use the Russian language?

Their spacecraft mission is commanded by a Russian citizen and a large chunk of their destination — the International Space Station — has modules and operations in Russian, too. This means that all astronauts going to the ISS, no matter how many languages they speak, also need to learn Russian.

What sorts of training did the astronauts experience?

They learn shuttle and space station systems, guidance and navigation, orbital dynamics, and materials processing as well as mathematics, geology, meteorology, oceanography, astronomy, and physics. They are also trained in land and sea survival, scuba diving, space suits, and weightlessness.

Why is becoming an astronaut a difficult task?

ESA astronaut training is one of the most challenging programmes to follow and it is also very challenging to organise. This is because the decentralised training given by all the international partners participating in the ISS programme demands a high degree of coordination.

What language do astronauts learn?

Russian
The answer is years of Russian training. In between time in simulators, jet airplanes and underwater, neophyte astronauts spend hours learning to read Cyrillic characters and pronounce consonant-heavy words. In fact, one of NASA’s requirements for its astronauts now is to learn the Russian language.

What language do all astronauts speak?

Originally Answered: Why do all astronauts who visit the space station have to learn to speak Russian? Because we’ve had to use the Soyuz transport system to get there for some time. The agreed official ISS language is of course English, so all nationalities including Russians have to be fluent.

Why do astronauts speak Russian?

Originally Answered: Why do astronauts have to speak Russian? Because until SpaceX came into play, both NASA and ESA needed to use Soyuz rockets to send astronauts to the ISS. So they basically are going to be trained by Russians, to ride a Russian rocket and going to be staying in Kazakhstan before launch.