Word: weightlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospect of seeing a real live network anchor on Iowa soil all that great. One of the boys at Toad's slipped in the ultimate putdown: "Watching an anchorman is like watching an astronaut in orbit: they are both weightless...
There was one hitch: Stewart had trouble fitting his bulky boots into foot restraints temporarily attached to the remote-control arm. These are designed to give the astronauts leverage while they work in the weightless environment. At one point, the frustrated McCandless voiced an earthy expletive. On the ground, at the close of that busy series of activities, relieved Flight Director John Cox told reporters at the Johnson Space Center: "It was a super day. We did all the things we had planned...
...nudge additional units into place. In their idle hours occupants will browse through the station's library or play video cassettes. They will exercise regularly, perhaps on fixed bicycles or treadmills; such exertion ensures continued muscle tone and the health of the cardiovascular system in the less taxing weightless environment. Even couples may be allowed on board, since there are already several husband-and-wife astronauts. Shuttles will pay regular visits to bring supplies and equipment and carry off manufactured products...
...Glenn is on the phone," did Kennedy climb back up on his pedestal with this admonition to me: "Stand there and see if you can get this right." I stood and saw Kennedy's shoulders go back and his eyes shine and I knew that he had grown weightless and was up there in orbit with the gods watching...
...satellite from space and bring it aboard the shuttle for repairs. Throughout the flight, Bluford and other crew members served as subjects for research conducted aloft by Astronaut and Physician William Thornton, into the causes of motion sickness. Fully 40% of shuttle astronauts have complained of nausea while weightless in space. To aid understanding of the malady, crew members affixed electrodes to their skin to record eye movements as they floated about the weightless cabin...