How to Become an Astronaut - Episode 318
Unprofessional Engineering
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Firsts and Fun Facts
In an emergency, your spaceship may have to undock from the International Space Station quickly. So survival training turns out to be necessary as part of an astronauts prep. The first person in space was Yuri Alexei something Gargan on April 12, 1961. On June 16, 1963, Valentina Terra Chikova became the first woman to travel to space. According to NASA, civilian astronauts make anywhere from 104 to $161,000 a year.
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