What Do Astronauts Do?

You may have dreamed of being an astronaut, or maybe that’s what you want to be when you grow up! But how do astronauts become astronauts, and what do they do when they’re in space? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what it takes to be an out-of-this-world explorer!

Constellations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZ15SUeS9w
ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOCixRhRGDw

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SOURCES:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_working

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Astronaut_Requirements.html

http://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/broch00.htm

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/151-people-in-astronomy/space-exploration-and-astronauts/human-spaceflight-current-or-past/937-what-do-astronauts-do-all-day-in-the-international-space-station-intermediate

http://science.howstuffworks.com/astronaut.htm

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-working.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30194628

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/05/what-does-it-take-to-become-an-astronaut/2924145/

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Daily_life

http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/132538793869/5-myths-about-becoming-an-astronaut

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59639/12-cool-experiments-done-international-space-station

Images:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
Space Station, Space Walk: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-jul07a.html#.V5JK0ZMrJTa
Space Station: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-aug06.html#.V5JLUJMrJTY
Astronaut Suiting Up?: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-sep06.html#.V5JLv5MrJTY
2 Astronauts?: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-feb07.html#.V5JL-ZMrJTY
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-oct07.html#.V5JMRJMrJTY
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/station-nov07.html#.V5JMhpMrJTY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_goddard/8253317286
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Park_Service_biologist_Chris_Ulrey_distributing_rappelling_gear_(9406099057).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amateur_astronomy_in_israel.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chemist_2.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/multimedia/imagegallery/ED13-0220-318.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/gem-dec65.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/this-week-in-nasa-history-sally-ride-becomes-first-american-woman-in-space-june-18.html
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/milestones/inflight.html
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/galleries/ride_13.html
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/missions/other/ISS.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/iss036e008191.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AEHF_1.jpg
Space Suit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iss009e29620.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Moonwalk2.jpg