by Terry Virts
re-entry
dehydration
shuttle
Soyuz
rehabilitation, after spaceflight
rehydratable food
relativity theories
RET (tether)
retired astronauts
risk management
Robinson, Steve (“Stevie-Ray”)
ROBONAUT
robotic arms
capturing cargo ships
degrees of freedom
flying/operating
simulator training
Rocket Equation
rodent research
Rogozin, Dmitry
RTG (generator)
RTV (glove rubber)
rules
Russian food
Russian language training
Russian segment (ISS)
FGB (Zarya) module
Russia-US relationship
S
SAA (South Atlantic Anomaly)
Sabur, Faruq
Salyut-1
satellites (SPHERES)
S-band radio
SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape)
sex (lack of)
Shepard, Alan
Shkaplerov, Anton
showering. See bathing
shuttle
emergency egress
ending shuttle program
flying qualities
food
launch
pilot training
privacy
re-entry
robotic arm
strapping in
toilet (WHC)
wake-up music
Shuttle-C proposal
shuttle EMU. See Extravehicular Mobility Unit
simulator training
situational awareness
skin problems
Skylab
sleeping in space
sleep patterns
SLF (Shuttle Landing Facility)
SLS (Space Launch System)
smell of space
Sokol (Russian spacesuit)
solar power
solid rocket booster (SRB)
Soyuz
-Apollo Test Program
landing
privacy
reentry
survival training
Space Adaptation Syndrome (SAS)
space brain
spaceflight
duration of
lessons learned from
space junk
space shuttle. See shuttle
space station. See International Space Station
spacesuits
ACES
EMU (See Extravehicular Mobility Unit)
filling with water
gloves
going to the bathroom
Orlan (Russian EVA suit)
Sokol (Russian pressure suit)
space tourism
spacewalking
closing the hatch
day/night cycles
diaper use
EMU atmosphere
equipment organization
experience
get-aheads
getting dressed for
physical demands
prebreathe protocols
projects
tethers
underwater training
SpaceX
speed of light
SPHERES (satellites)
SPINSAT
SRB (solid rocket booster)
Star City
Starship
stationary bike (CEVIS)
stranded in space
stress
STS-51-L. See Challenger accident
STS-107. See Columbia accident
STS-130
heat shield inspection
launch
mission
Oval Office visit
Stuster, Jack
Suffredini, Mike
Super Heavy (SpaceX)
survival training
T
T-38 Talon
Tang
task saturation
TDRSS satellites
teeth, brushing
temperature in space
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
tethers
time, relativity of
toilets
ACY (ISS)
maintenance
use
WHC (shuttle)
tourism in space
training
carbon dioxide exposure
circadian rhythm
cutting hair
diaper
foreign language
IMAX filming
jet flight
medical
physical
rodent research
shuttle simulator
survival
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
toilet
underwater, for spacewalks
zero-gravity
treadmill (TVIS)
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin
Turner, Beth
TVIS (treadmill)
TV shows
Tyson, Neil deGrasse
U
underwear
United Launch Alliance (ULA)
V
vacuuming the ISS
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
video teleconferencing
VIIP (eyesight problems)
Virgin Galactic
Virts, Terry
voice calls
“Vomit Comet”
voyager satellites
Vulcan (United Launch Alliance)
W
wake-up music
washing in space
water recycling
weightlessness
feeling of falling
getting used to
health effects (See Health problems)
losing things
“Vomit Comet” flights
weightlifting machine (ARED)
Wells, Julia
WHC (shuttle toilets)
White, Ed
work schedule
World View (company)
Z
Zamka, George (Zambo)
zero gravity
getting used to
training for
Photo Credits
Cover: NASA/Bill Stafford
Interior: NASA: pp. 1, 17, 41, 63, 92–93, 99, 105, 122, 212, 219. NASA/Barry Wilmore: p. 151. NASA/Bill Ingalls: pp. 241, 252. NASA/Bill Stafford: p. 193. NASA/Lauren Hartnett: pp. 34, 111. NASA/Sandra Joseph & Kevin O’Connell: p. 59. NASA/Scott Andrews: p. 98. NASA/Terry Virts: pp. vi, 38, 81, 248, 290.
About the Author
Terry Virts
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